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ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿
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³ VIRUS REPORT ³
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³ Devil's Dance ³
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Synonyms: Mexican virus
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Date of Origin: December, 1989.
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Place of Origin: Reported by Mau Fragoso of Mexico City.
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Host Machine: PC compatibles.
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Host Files: Remains resident, infects COM files.
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OnScreen Symptoms: After a warm reboot, you will see the message "DID YOU
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EVER DANCE WITH THE DEVIL IN THE WEAK MOONLIGHT? PRAY FOR YOUR DISKS!!
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The Joker" Also, after your first 2,000 keystrokes, screen colors will
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begin to change.
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Increase in Size of Infected Files: 941 bytes.
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Nature of Damage: Corrupts data files, program or overlay files, affects
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system run-time operation, corrupts file linkage.
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Detected by: Scanv52+.
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Removed by: CleanUp, Scan/D, or delete infected files.
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This virus will infect a file multiple times until the file becomes
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too large to fit in available memory. Once an infected program has been
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run, any subsequent warm boot (CTRL-ALT-DEL) will result in the message
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noted above.
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The Devil's Dance virus is destructive.
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* After the first 2,000 keystrokes, the virus starts changing the
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colors of text displayed on the monitor.
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* After the first 5,000 keystrokes, the virus erases the first copy of
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the FAT. At this point, whenever the system is rebooted, it will
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display the message above, destroy the first copy of the FAT, then
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proceed with the boot process.
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º This document was adapted from the book "Computer Viruses", º
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º which is copyright and distributed by the National Computer º
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º Security Association. It contains information compiled from º
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º many sources. To the best of our knowledge, all information º
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º presented here is accurate. º
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º º
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º Please send any updates or corrections to the NCSA, Suite 309, º
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º 4401-A Connecticut Ave NW, Washington, DC 20008. Or call our BBS º
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º and upload the information: (202) 364-1304. Or call us voice at º
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º (202) 364-8252. This version was produced May 22, 1990. º
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º º
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º The NCSA is a non-profit organization dedicated to improving º
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º computer security. Membership in the association is just $45 per º
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º year. Copies of the book "Computer Viruses", which provides º
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º detailed information on over 145 viruses, can be obtained from º
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º the NCSA. Member price: $44; non-member price: $55. º
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º º
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º The document is copyright (c) 1990 NCSA. º
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º º
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º This document may be distributed in any format, providing º
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º this message is not removed or altered. º
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