VIRSPEC.TXT - Special information regarding unique viruses
AntiVirus Lab, SYMANTEC/Peter Norton Product Group
March 1, 1995
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This text file contains information about viruses that cause unique 
problems and require special handling.


One Half Virus
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The One Half virus is a multipartite virus that exhibits both stealth and 
polymorphic behavior.  In addition to infecting files and master boot 
records, the One Half virus will encrypt data on your hard disk.

To date, the One Half virus has been detected in parts of Europe, 
specifically Russia and other Eastern bloc countries.  The virus was also 
detected in a U.S. government agency.

Starting November 1, 1994 the virus definitions file includes a 
definition for detecting this virus.

If Norton AntiVirus finds the One Half virus on your computer, please 
contact Technical Support department for instructions on how to remove 
the virus.  Please do not attempt to repair the virus without talking to 
Technical Support first.

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WARNING: Because of the unusual behavior of this virus, DO NOT reinoculate
the master boot record or use inoculation technology to repair the virus 
and DO NOT attempt to repair your hard disk using Norton Disk Doctor or 
any other disk repair utility.
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Crazy Boot
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The Crazy Boot virus is a MBR infector that behaves much like the Monkey 
virus.  Due to the nature of this virus, once you have started your 
computer from an uninfected diskette, you will no longer see your fixed 
disk.  Booting with the virus in memory will allow you to see and access 
your hard disk, but Crazy Boot will continue to spread at every 
opportunity. 

If Norton AntiVirus finds the Crazy Boot virus on your computer, please 
contact Technical Support department for instructions on how to remove 
the virus.  Please do not attempt to repair the virus without talking to 
Technical Support first.

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WARNING: Because of the unusual behavior of this virus, DO NOT reinoculate
the master boot record or use inoculation technology to repair the virus 
and DO NOT attempt to repair your hard disk using Norton Disk Doctor or 
any other disk repair utility.
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Viking.Dec3
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The Viking.Dec3 virus alters EXE files in such a way that NAV is not able 
to completely repair them.  However, we felt it was important to give you 
as much of the repair as possible rather than none.  NAV will repair the 
COM files flawlessly, but the EXE repair requires some input from you.

In order to complete the EXE repair, we need your involvement.  As a 
result, we recommend that you replace files from backups where you can.  
And where you can't, apply the following procedure.  If you need help 
with this repair, we encourage you to call our Technical Support.

After an EXE file is repaired by NAV, one must take the following 
additional steps.  Lines prefixed by the "greater than" sign represent 
lines to be typed at the DOS prompt.  Lines prefixed by a dash are typed 
while running debug.

		>rename filename.exe filename.bad
		>debug filename.bad
		-d 100 l 4
		Verify that the first byte is E9 and the fourth byte is
		C0.  If yes, proceed.  If no, quit (q) from debug.
		-e 100 4d 5a ff 1
		-w
		-q
		>rename filename.bad filename.exe


