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JAN96.TXT - What's New in the NAV Definition Update
Symantec AntiVirus Research Center
January 1, 1996
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Virus Alerts

  Ten most commonly reported viruses (worldwide):

      Form.A                        Boot infector
      NYB                           Boot infector
      Junkie                        Boot infector
      AntiEXE                       Boot infector
      Stealth_Boot.B                Boot infector
      Monkey                        Boot infector
      Ripper                        Boot infector
      Da'Boys                       Boot infector
      Sat_Bug.Natas                 Boot & file infector
      AntiCMOS.A                    Boot infector

  Be on alert for the following viruses in the following areas:

      3b Trojan                     Public Access sites
      Gold Trojan (AOL Gold)        Public Access sites
      Vienna.BUA.2263               Internet FTP sites
      Cascade.1701.A                Europe
      Frodo.Frodo.A                 Europe
      Junkie                        Europe, Asia and Australia
      Keypress.1232.A               US and Australia
      One_Half                      Europe
      Sat_Bug.Natas                 Central and South America
      Urkel                         Eastern US
      Yankee Doodle.TP-44.A         Europe and US


Changes Incorporated Into This Update
  New:

      _535                          File infector
      Alive.3400                    File infector
      Amazon.468                    File infector
      Amazon.468 (x)                File infector
      Amazon.479                    File infector
      Amazon.479 (x)                File infector
      Anticheck                     File infector
      Apparition                    File infector
      Appelscha.2161 (1)            File infector
      Appelscha.2161 (2)            File infector
      April 1st                     File infector
      April 1st (d)                 File infector
      Assassin.952                  File infector
      Austr_Parasite.254            File infector
      Austr_Parasite.254            File infector
      Bad-Sectors.3422 (x)          File infector
      Bad.Sectors.3422              File infector
      Bad.Sectors.3428 (x)          File infector
      BadBoot(b)                    File infector
      Baron                         File infector
      BCP.Trojan                    File infector
      Beer.2473 (Gen1)              File infector
      Beer.2620 (Gen1)              File infector
      Beer.3307                     File infector
      Beer.3307 (x)                 File infector
      Beetle                        File infector
      Breaking                      File infector
      BW.706                        File infector
      Cannibal (1)                  File infector
      Cannibal (2)                  File infector
      Carpe.Diem.469                File infector
      Carpe.Diem.472                Boot & file infector
      Carpe.Diem.472 (d)            Boot infector
      Carzy.B                       File infector
      Carzy.B (x)                   File infector
      Cascade.1701.W                File infector
      Cascade_Dropper               File infector
      Catscratch                    File infector
      Chance                        Boot infector
      CHCC.1429                     File infector
      Cholera.A                     File infector
      Cholera.A (x)                 File infector
      Civ_Defense.6672.B(b)         Boot & file infector
      Civil Defense.C/D (d)         Boot infector
      Clonewar.260                  File infector
      Com2S                         File infector
      Congrats                      File infector
      Cowabunga                     File infector
      CPW.1457                      File infector
      Crazy_Frog                    File infector
      CSF.240                       File infector
      Daddy.1117                    File infector
      Demand.789.B                  File infector
      DIR-II.A(Gen1)                File infector
      Dodger                        File infector
      Dry_Dream                     File infector
      Dupacel                       File infector
      Ear.1455                      File infector
      Earle                         File infector
      EB79 Dropper (1)              File infector
      EB79 Dropper (2)              File infector
      Emma.427                      File infector
      English Made                  File infector
      EVC v1.0                      File infector
      EVC.163                       File infector
      Fasolo.149                    File infector
      Father_Mac.289                File infector
      Father_Mac.303                File infector
      Father_Mac.303 (Gen1)         File infector
      Fax_Free.622                  File infector
      Fax_Free.623                  File infector
      Five_days                     File infector
      Fkiller                       File infector
      Foetus.1561                   File infector
      FormatC                       File infector
      Friday Trojan                 File infector
      Galya                         File infector
      Gippo.Earthquake              File infector
      Girls                         File infector
      Goga                          File infector
      Goga (x)                      File infector
      Gollum                        File infector
      Goomba                        File infector
      Grog.495                      File infector
      Grog.Gonfie                   File infector
      Grog.Joe Anthro               File infector
      Helloween.1063                File infector
      Hemlock.3183 (1)              Boot & file infector
      Hemlock.3183 (2)              Boot & file infector
      Hemlock.3183 (3)              Boot & file infector
      Hemlock.3183 (4)              Boot & file infector
      Hemlock.3183 (b)              Boot & file infector
      Hemlock.3183 (Gen1)           Boot & file infector
      Hemlock.3183 (s)              File infector
      HLL.4109                      File infector
      HLL.4629                      File infector
      HLL.6176                      File infector
      HLLC.Halley                   File infector
      HLLO.Warm                     File infector
      Hungarian.1409                File infector
      Ilja                          File infector
      IMI.1536.G                    File infector
      Incest                        File infector
      Indonesia Emas                File infector
      Infector.10217                File infector
      Infector.1312                 File infector
      Infector.1358                 File infector
      Infector.156                  File infector
      Infector.1647                 File infector
      Infector.471                  File infector
      Infector.562                  File infector
      Infector.6820                 File infector
      Infector.737                  File infector
      Infector.849                  File infector
      Intruder.1336                 File infector
      Istabul.1349                  File infector
      Istabul.1349 (x)              File infector
      IVP.1017                      File infector
      IVP.534                       File infector
      IVP.568                       File infector
      IVP.585                       File infector
      IVP.592                       File infector
      IVP.653                       File infector
      IVP.668                       File infector
      IVP.724                       File infector
      IVP.DNA                       File infector
      IVP.Infesto.522               File infector
      IVP.Infesto.561               File infector
      IVP.Infesto.604               File infector
      IVP.Infesto.679               File infector
      IVP.Infesto.679               File infector
      IVP.Mandela.676               File infector
      IVP.Wild.555                  File infector
      IVP.Wild.557                  File infector
      Jedina                        File infector
      Jeru.1238                     File infector
      Jeru.1264                     File infector
      Jeru.1264 (x)                 File infector
      Jeru.1808.Anarkia.D           File infector
      Jeru.1808.sumsdos.AE          File infector
      Jeru.2128                     File infector
      Jeru.2128 (x)                 File infector
      Jeru.986                      File infector
      Jeru.Pipi.1552.A              File infector
      Kaczor.B                      Boot infector
      Kaczor.B Dropper              File infector
      Kak                           File infector
      Karol                         File infector
      KELA.1171                     File infector
      KELA.1171                     File infector
      Khizhnjak.444                 File infector
      Khizhnjak.823                 File infector
      Klot                          File infector
      Koko.1783 (x)                 File infector
      Kudepsta                      File infector
      Lavot.A                       Boot infector
      Lemming.2146                  File infector
      Lemming.2146                  File infector
      Leprosy                       File infector
      Magda                         File infector
      MnemoniX                      File infector
      Moonlight.319                 File infector
      MPCd.ae.570.dr (Gen1)         File infector
      No_Frills.835                 File infector
      No_Frills.835 (x)             File infector
      November_17th.998             File infector
      NRLG                          File infector
      On 64 (gen1)                  File infector
      ONE.3577                      File infector
      Piter.C                       File infector
      Pixel.A                       File infector
      PS(Gen1)                      File infector
      PS-MPC.644                    File infector
      PS-MPC.682                    File infector
      PS-MPC.Dread.774              File infector
      PS-MPC.Infesto.697            File infector
      Quasar.523                    File infector
      Radiation                     File infector
      Radish.8444                   File infector
      Radyum.181                    File infector
      Radyum.265                    File infector
      Radyum.270                    File infector
      Radyum.277                    File infector
      Radyum.300                    File infector
      Radyum.312                    File infector
      Radyum.353                    File infector
      Radyum.377                    File infector
      Radyum.408                    File infector
      Radyum.433                    File infector
      Radyum.510                    File infector
      Radyum.550                    File infector
      Radyum.886                    File infector
      Rape II.2877 (Gen1)           File infector
      Rasek+16.1492                 Boot & file infector
      Rasek+16.1492 (x)             Boot & file infector
      Relzfu                        File infector
      Rodolf                        File infector
      Russian Mirror (d)            Boot & file infector
      Sandrine (Gen1)               File infector
      Sarov1 (Gen1)                 File infector
      Satyricon.355                 File infector
      Screaming_Fist.839            File infector
      Screaming_Fist.846            File infector
      Screaming_Fist.855            File infector
      Screaming_Fist.862            File infector
      Select.1258                   File infector
      Shizol                        File infector
      Shutdown.644                  File infector
      Sibylle.1200 (1)              File infector
      Sibylle.1200 (2)              File infector
      SillyC.113                    File infector
      Slam Tilt                     File infector
      Sofia-Term.887                File infector
      Storm.1172                    File infector
      Suriv_1.1000                  File infector
      Swiss Phoenix                 File infector
      TB1                           File infector
      TT                            File infector
      Turn.571                      File infector
      Variable_Worm.913             File infector
      VCL.279                       File infector
      VCL.288                       File infector
      VCL.302                       File infector
      VCL.316                       File infector
      VCL.356                       File infector
      VCL.A                         File infector
      VCL.Succubus                  File infector
      VCL.Succubus (Gen1)           File infector
      VCM                           File infector
      VE.486                        File infector
      VHX.322                       File infector
      Vien.435.B                    File infector
      Voronezh.1536.A               File infector
      Voronezh.1536.A (x)           File infector
      Voronezh.1536.B               File infector
      Voronezh.1536.B (x)           File infector
      Voronezh.1536.C               File infector
      Voronezh.1536.C (x)           File infector
      Voronezh.1584                 File infector
      Voronezh.1584 (x)             File infector
      Wally.981 (1)                 File infector
      Wally.981 (2)                 File infector
      Wolfman.2064                  File infector
      XEP.1356                      File infector
      XPH.1032                      File infector
      YB.299                        File infector


Changes to previous definitions:

      ARCV.Benoit (Gen1) (2)        Renamed to ARCV.Benoit (Gen1)(2)
      ARCV.Lurve.718 (G1)(2)        Renamed to ARCV.Lurve.718(G1)(2)
      ARCV.Scroll (Gen1) (2)        Renamed to ARCV.Scroll (Gen1)(2)
      Bad Sectors.3428 (x)          Removed
      EVCZ                          Removed
      H-Andromeda.1024.B (x)        Renamed to H-Andromeda.1024.B(x)
      H-Andromeda.1536.B (x)        Renamed to H-Andromeda.1536.B(x)
      November_17th.1061 (x)        Renamed to November_17th.1061(x)
      PS-MPC.ARCV-9                 Removed
      Quicksilver.1376              Removed
      TraceBack.3066 (G1)(2)        Renamed to TraceBack.3066(G1)(2)


* Please read the file VIRSPEC.TXT for special instructions pertaining to
  some specific virus repairs.

