Deicide II (Brotherhood - Generation 1)

Alias:
Strain:-
detected when:
where:
Classification:COM-infector
Length:NONE

Preconditions

Operating System(s):MS-DOS
Version/Release:All models
Computer model(s):PC's
Caroname:Deicide.II.Brotherhood

Attributes

Easy identification:

Type of Infection:

COPY: The virus appends itself to the files Selfrec on disk: File[2] == 0CDABh

Infection Technique:
Infection Trigger:attribute == "normal" && 665 <= Filesize <= 0EF00h
Storage Media affected:
Interrupts hooked:
Stealth:
Tunneling/Selfprot:
Oligo/Polymorphism:-
Encoding Method:
Damage:Transient: Message is displayed and current program is terminatedwithout executing it. Permanent: -
Damage Trigger:Transient: Virus found one of its brothers OR(11th <= Day_of_Month <= 25th && November <= Month <= December). Permanent: -
Particularities:The virus is not memory resident. Displayed text: "Found my brother "MORGOTH"!!!","Found my brother "DEICIDE"!!!","Brotherhood... I am seeking my brothers "DEICIDE" and "MORGOTH"..." Not displayed text: "*** Glenn Benton ***" File[2] == 0ADDEh is the MORGOTH signature, File[2] == 0D90h is theDEICIDE signature. The file analysed was a copy of the original virusand so it was lacking the 28 bytes extra copy routine, it was paddedto 666 bytes with a NUL byte (Glenn Benton has a thing about 666).
Similarities:MORGOTH, DEICIDE

Agents

Countermeasures:
Standard means:

Acknowledgements

Location:Virus Test Center, University Hamburg, FRG
Classification by:Adam David, Frisk Software International
Documentation by:Adam David, Frisk Software International
Date:20.6.93
Information Source:Caroentry (autom.converter by S.Freitag)

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