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Steatoda family
These are very dangerous memory resident parasitic viruses. They hook INT 21h and write themselves to the beginning of COM and to the end of EXE files that are executed or opened. After infecting a file the viruses erase random selected sectors on the hard drive.
Before installing memory resident the viruses look for C:DAMAGE.MOR file. If that file is found, the viruses do not stay resident, but decrypt and display the message:
This file is infected by "Steatoda", you seem to have the protection, soall
you will not be harmed by the virus.
Press any key...
The viruses also contain the text strings:
"Steatoda"
EXE COM
C:DAMAGE.MOR |
