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Farside family

These are not dangerous memory resident parasitic viruses. They hook INT 21h and write themselves to the beginning of .COM (except COMMAND.COM) and to the middle of .EXE files that are executed or opened. In some cases the viruses display the messages:
"Farside.3008":
For cryin'out loud! My circuits are haunted by the ghost of a porcupine. . .

"Farside.3012":
This program has been infected with a nondestructive virus !
For an antivirus call (034).32.09.87 (with CHRIS)

The viruses also contain the text string "COMMAND.COMCOMEXE" and:
"Farside.3008": FARSIDE virus 1.00 (C) Windom Earle ROMANIA

Updated: 02/24/2006
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