Capital

Alias:
Strain:-
detected when:
where:
Classification:COM-infector, resident
Length:7AH paragraph(s)

Preconditions

Operating System(s):MS-DOS
Version/Release:DOS >= 2.0
Computer model(s):PC's
Caroname:Capital

Attributes

Easy identification:

Type of Infection:

Appending, uses DOS file length to position virus. Selfrec in memory: INT_21; AX=4BEE; SI=5448 -> DI=4950 Selfrec on disk: (File[0] = E9) AND (File[1] = EndOfOrgFile)COMJump to end of org file

Infection Technique:
Infection Trigger:(Exec) AND (LengthCOM <= 63500)
Storage Media affected:
Interrupts hooked:21/4B00, 21/4BEE, 28, 1C
Stealth:
Tunneling/Selfprot:
Oligo/Polymorphism:-
Encoding Method:
Damage:Transient: On 80x25 text mode screens it converts lowercases touppercases (only once) Permanent: -
Damage Trigger:Transient: (Month = even) AND (DayOfWeek = even) AND (Time = 11:11:11) Permanent: -
Particularities:only shrinks the current MCB if it is a 'Z' block. (Only leaves a mess if there is another chain of MCBs, eg for UMBs).
Similarities:

Agents

Countermeasures:
Standard means:

Acknowledgements

Location:Virus Test Center, University Hamburg, FRG
Classification by:BSI (GISA) / V2, Hubert Schmitz
Documentation by:BSI (GISA) / V2, Hubert Schmitz
Date:1995-03-22
Information Source:Caroentry (autom.converter by S.Freitag)

(c) 1996 Virus-Test-Center, University of Hamburg