Fingers Virus (15-July-1991)
Entry...............: Fingers Virus
Alias(es)...........: "08/15" Virus
Virus Strain........: ---
Virus detected when.: ---
              where.: ---
Classification......: Resident Program (COM & EXE) Infector,
                         indirect action.
Length of Virus.....: COM & EXE: 1322 Bytes
                      Memory:       Bytes
--------------------- Preconditions ----------------------------------
Operating System(s).: MS-DOS
Version/Release.....: 3.00 upward
Computer model(s)...: IBM-PC and compatibles
--------------------- Attributes --------------------------------------
Easy Identification.: Virus contains strings (in memory and on file):
                         db "CRITICAL ERROR 08/15: TOO MANY Fi"
                         db 0Fh,"GERS ON KEYBOARD ERROR."
Self-identification.: Infected EXE- and COM-files are recognized by 
                        signature "TM" in file's CRC field (offset 
                        12h); self-recognition via hooked INT 21h, 
                        AX=0FFFEh (returns AX=0815h when virus 
                        is resident)
Scanner Signature...: ---
Type of infection...: Infects COM- and EXE-files by appending at end
                        of file.
Infection Trigger...: Upon execution (INT 21h, function AH=4Bh) 
Storage media affected: all drives
Interrupts hooked...: INT 21h,INT 24h,INT 09h(from date of activation)
Damage..............: Transient damage: After 1500 keystrokes, the 
                         following message is displayed:
                         "CRITICAL ERROR 08/15: TOO MANY FINGERS 
                          ON KEYBOARD ERROR." 
                         After the message has been displayed, system 
                         is halted by virus.
Damage Trigger......: Activation date = 11-NOVEMBER-1991
Particularities.....: ---
Similarities........: ---
--------------------- Agents -----------------------------------------
Countermeasures.....: McAfee's Scan V80+
Countermeasures successful: McAfee's Scan V80+
Standard means......: ---
--------------------- Acknowledgement --------------------------------
Location............: Virus Test Center, University Hamburg, Germany
Classification by...: M.Mandelbaum
Documentation by....: H.Hoppenrath (H+B EDV), M.Mandelbaum VTC
Date................: 15-July-1991
Information Source..: ---

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