"Lisbon Virus" (5-June-1989) Entry...............: "Lisbon" Virus Alias(es)...........: --- Virus strain........: Vienna Virus strain Virus detected when.: --- where.: --- Classification......: Program virus (extending), direct action Length of virus.....: 648 bytes --------------------- Preconditions ---------------------------------- Operating system(s).: MS-DOS Version/release.....: 2.0 and higher Computer model(s)...: All MS-DOS machines --------------------- Attributes ------------------------------------- Easy identification.: Last five bytes of file = "@AIDS" (Ascii) Type of infection...: Self-Identification: The time stamp of an infected file is changed: the seconds are set to 62 (= 2 * 1Fh). When infected file is executed, .COM-files in the current directory as well as in the directories in the DOS-PATH are extended by appending the viral code; no infection if the file size<10 or file size>64000 bytes. Infection trigger...: A selected .COM-file is infected by "random" IF (system seconds AND 58h) <> 0 ELSE damaged! Storage media affected: Current media and media accessed via DOS-PATH. Interrupts hooked...: -- Damage..............: A selected .COM-file is damaged permanently: Overwriting the first five bytes by "@AIDS" Damage trigger......: IF (system seconds AND 58h) = 0, ELSE infection! Particularities.....: The virus ignores READ-ONLY and HIDDEN attributes. Similarities........: Dissimilarities to Vienna: Different trigger byte (7); the five damage bytes are changed. --------------------- Agents ----------------------------------------- Countermeasures.....: Category 3: ANTI!LIS.EXE (d:) (/f) Countermeasures successful: My Antivirus ANTI!LIS.EXE looks for infected files on a given drive (d:) and optionally removes the virus (if /f given). Standard means......: --- --------------------- Acknowledgement --------------------------------- Location............: Virus Test Center, University Hamburg, FRG Classification by...: Daniel Loeffler Documentation by....: Daniel Loeffler Date................: June 5, 1990 Information Source..: --- .