Seventh Son Virus (25-07-1992)
Entry...............: Seventh Son Virus
Standard CARO name..: Seventh_Son.284 Virus 
Alias(es)...........: Seventh Son-284 Virus
Virus Strain........: Seventh Son virus strain
Virus detected when.: October 1991
              where.: Eastern Europe
Classification......: File (COM) virus
Length of Virus.....: 284 Bytes
--------------------- Preconditions -----------------------------------
Operating System(s).: DOS
Version/Release.....: 
Computer model(s)...: IBM compatibles
--------------------- Attributes --------------------------------------
Easy Identification.: The displayed text "Seventh son of a seventh son"
                         can be found in infected programs. 
Type of infection...: Infects only COM files
Infection Trigger...: Execution of an infected program.
Storage media affected: Infects any diskette and hard disks
Interrupts hooked...: ---
Damage..............: Permanent damage: ---
                      Transient damage: displays the text 
                                        "Seventh son of a seventh son"
Damage Trigger......: Permanent damage: ---
                      Transient damage: executing an infected program 
Particularities.....: ---
Similarities........: Seventh Son variants (.332, .350)
--------------------- Agents -----------------------------------------
Countermeasures.....: McAfee Scan,Skulason F-PROT,Solomon FINDVIRU
Standard means......: Delete infected files and replace with un-
                         infected originals or backups.
--------------------- Acknowledgement --------------------------------
Location............: Virus Test Center, University Hamburg, Germany
Classification by...: Michaela Schroeder, Peter Liem, Doerte Hachfeld, 
                      Holger Prescher
Documentation by....: Holger Prescher, Doerte Hachfeld, Peter Liem, 
                      Michaela Schroeder
Date................: 20-July-1992
Information Source..: Reverse-Engineering of virus code

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