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Xeram.1664
Risk Level 1: Very Low
SUMMARY
The Xeram.1664 virus is a simple .COM and .EXE file infecting virus that does not load itself into memory and stay there.
Threat Assessment
Wild
- Wild Level: Low
- Number of Infections: 0 - 49
- Number of Sites: 0 - 2
- Geographical Distribution: Low
- Threat Containment: Easy
- Removal: Easy
Damage
- Damage Level: Low
- Payload Trigger: Any Friday the 13 th at 12:00 p.m.
Distribution
- Distribution Level: Low
- Target of Infection: DOS
TECHNICAL DETAILS
It uses several undocumented system calls to attempt to bypass several antivirus programs, such as CPAV and Thunderbyte, and deletes the data files listed below for other antivirus programs:
NCDTREENAV_._NO
CHKLIST.MS
SCANVAL.VAL
Contained within the body of this virus is a dual trigger/payload routine, which depending on the time (at 12:00 p.m.) and what country your system is setup for (the virus checks for France, United States, Japan, Taiwan and Germany), turns destructive. The destructive routine is triggered on any Friday 13 th at 12:00 p.m. when the virus overwrites all of the sectors on the first physical side of the first physical hard drive. The virus then plays with the video display, making it unreadable. If the date is a Friday 13 th and the time is not 12:00, the virus just plays with the display.
Located within the body of the virus is the following text (this text is in encrypted format):
N-XERAM
COM
NCDTREENAV_._NO
CHKLIST.MS
SCANVAL.VAL
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