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Sarampo Family

These are not dangerous memory resident parasitic viruses. They hook INT 21h and write themselves to the end of COM and EXE files that are executed. The viruses infect C:\COMMAND.COM file while executing any infected program. Depending on the system date they also hook INT 1Ch and manifest themselves with some video effects. The viruses contain the text strings:
c:\command.com

They also contain the strings:
"Sarampo.1371": Do you like this Screen Saver ? I hope so.
Created by Sarampo virus.
"Sarampo.1470": Do you like this Screen Saver ?
Cavaco - A virus created by The Portuguese Government

Updated: 02/24/2006
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