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The Probert Encyclopaedia of Computer Viruses

W13 VIRUS

The W13 Virus is a computer virus which infects .COM files. The virus is loaded into memory by executing an infected program and then affects the computer's runtime operation and corrupts program or overlay files.
Research W13 Virus

WALKABOUT VIRUS

The Walkabout Virus is an encrypted computer virus which infects .COM and . EXE files including COMMAND.COM. The virus is loaded into memory by executing an infected program and then affects the computer's runtime operation, corrupts data files.
Research Walkabout Virus

WALKER VIRUS

The Walker Virus is a computer virus which infects .COM and .EXE files including COMMAND.COM. The virus is loaded into memory by executing an infected program and then affects the computer's runtime operation, corrupts program or overlay files.
Research Walker Virus

WAR DRIVING

War driving is the practice of driving around in a vehicle or parking at interesting places, while equipped with wireless devices and related tools, with the goal of discovering easy-to-get-into wireless networks for hacking. Typical equipment used for war driving includes a laptop computer or a PDA with a wireless card, a GPS (satellite bagiation system), and a high-gain aerial. The typical choice of operating system for war driving - and other hacking - is Linux where open source sniffers such as Kismet and WEP crackers like AirSnort are easily available. In order to access a wireless network, the hacker has to be within range of the wirelss signal. With a typical 30mW wireless card intended for a laptop computer, the range is about 100 meters or 300 feet, but this reduces drastically due to the presence of buildings.
Research War Driving

WAREZ VIRUS

The Warez Virus is a computer virus which infects .COM files. The virus is loaded into memory by executing an infected program and then affects the computer's runtime operation and corrupts program or overlay files.
Research Warez Virus

WARRIOR 2 VIRUS

The Warrior 2 Virus is a computer virus which infects .COM files. The virus is loaded into memory by executing an infected program and then affects the computer's runtime operation and corrupts program or overlay files.
Research Warrior 2 Virus

WARRIOR VIRUS

The Warrior Virus is a computer virus which infects .EXE files. The virus is loaded into memory by executing an infected program and then affects the computer's runtime operation and corrupts program or overlay files.
Research Warrior Virus

WAVE VIRUS

The WAVE Virus is a computer virus which infects .COM files including COMMAND.COM. The virus is loaded into memory by executing an infected program and then affects the computer's runtime operation and corrupts program or overlay files.
Research WAVE Virus

WEAK VIRUS

The Weak Virus is a computer virus which infects .COM files including COMMAND.COM. The virus is loaded into memory by executing an infected program and then affects the computer's runtime operation and corrupts program or overlay files.
Research Weak Virus

WEBEX

WebEx is a network backdoor Trojan that communicates through port 21.
Research WebEx

WEBHANCER

WebHancer is a Windows parasite that is started as a process when Windows starts and monitors web sites visited by the host machine and sends reports back to the
WebHancer server. WebHancer also downloads and installs other software from the
webHancer servers without the users knowledge, and attempts to remove WebHancer often remove all networking from the affected host computer.
Research WebHancer

WHACK JOB

Whack Job is a network backdoor Trojan that communicates through port 23456.
Research Whack Job

WHACK-A-MOLE

Whack-a-mole is a network backdoor Trojan that communicates through ports 12361 and 12362.
Research Whack-a-mole

WHACKJOB

WhackJob is a network backdoor Trojan that communicates through port 12631.
Research WhackJob

WHALE VIRUS

The Whale Virus is an encrypted computer virus which uses stealth techniques to avoid detection and which infects .COM, .EXE and overlay files including COMMAND.COM. The virus is loaded into memory by executing an infected program and then affects the computer's runtime operation, corrupts program or overlay files and data files.
Research Whale Virus

WHARPS VIRUS

The Wharps Virus is a computer virus which infects .COM files including COMMAND.COM. The virus is loaded into memory by executing an infected program and then affects the computer's runtime operation and corrupts program or overlay files.
Research Wharps Virus

WHOCARES VIRUS

The WhoCares Virus is a computer virus which infects .COM files including COMMAND.COM. The virus is loaded into memory by executing an infected program and then affects the computer's runtime operation, corrupts program or overlay files.
Research WhoCares Virus

WHY WIN VIRUS

The Why win Virus is a computer virus which infects .COM files including COMMAND.COM. The virus is loaded into memory by executing an infected program. The virus corrupts program or overlay files.
Research Why win Virus

WILBUR 3 VIRUS

The Wilbur 3 Virus is a computer virus which infects .COM and .EXE files including COMMAND.COM. The virus is loaded into memory by executing an infected program and then affects the computer's runtime operation and corrupts program or overlay files.
Research Wilbur 3 Virus

WILD THING A VIRUS

The Wild Thing A Virus is a computer virus which infects .COM files including COMMAND.COM. The virus is loaded into memory by executing an infected program and then affects the computer's runtime operation and corrupts program or overlay files.
Research Wild Thing A Virus

WILLISTROVER III VIRUS

The Willistrover III Virus is a computer virus which infects .COM and .EXE files including COMMAND. COM. The virus is loaded into memory by executing an infected program and then affects the computer' s runtime operation and corrupts program or overlay files.
Research Willistrover III Virus

WILLOW 2 VIRUS

The Willow 2 Virus is a computer virus which infects .EXE files. The virus is loaded into memory by executing an infected program and then affects the computer's runtime operation and corrupts program or overlay files.
Research Willow 2 Virus

WILLOW VIRUS

The Willow Virus is a computer virus which infects .COM and .EXE files including COMMAND.COM. The virus is loaded into memory by executing an infected program and then affects the computer's runtime operation and corrupts program or overlay files.
Research Willow Virus

WINCRASH

WinCrash is a network backdoor Trojan that communicates through port 21.
Research WinCrash

WINCRASH 1.03

WinCrash 1.03 is a network backdoor Trojan that communicates through port 3024.
Research WinCrash 1.03

WINCRASH-ALT

WinCrash-alt is a network backdoor Trojan that communicates through port 4092.
Research WinCrash-alt

WINCRASH2

WinCrash2 is a network backdoor Trojan that communicates through port 2583.
Research WinCrash2

WINDMILL VIRUS

The Windmill Virus is a computer virus which uses stealth techniques to avoid detection and which infects the diskette boot sector. The virus is loaded into memory by booting from an infected disk and then affects the computer's runtime operation and corrupts program or overlay files.
Research Windmill Virus

WINPC

WinPC is a network backdoor Trojan that communicates through port 25.
Research WinPC

WINSATAN

WinSatan is a network backdoor Trojan that communicates through port 999.
Research WinSatan

WINSPY

WinSpy is a network backdoor Trojan that communicates through port 25.
Research WinSpy

WINVIR VIRUS

The WinVir Virus is a computer virus which infects .EXE files. The virus is loaded into memory by executing an infected program and then affects the computer's runtime operation and corrupts program or overlay files and data files.
Research WinVir Virus

WISCONSIN VIRUS

The Wisconsin Virus is an encrypted computer virus which infects .COM files including COMMAND.COM. The virus is loaded into memory by executing an infected program and then affects the computer's runtime operation and corrupts program or overlay files and data files.
Research Wisconsin Virus

WIZARD 3.0 VIRUS

The Wizard 3.0 Virus is a computer virus which uses stealth techniques to avoid detection and which infects . COM files including COMMAND.COM. The virus is loaded into memory by executing an infected program and then affects the computer's runtime operation and corrupts program or overlay files.
Research Wizard 3.0 Virus

WOLFMAN VIRUS

The Wolfman Virus is a computer virus which infects .COM and .EXE files including COMMAND.COM. The virus is loaded into memory by executing an infected program and then affects the computer's runtime operation and corrupts program or overlay files.
Research Wolfman Virus

WONDER VIRUS

The Wonder Virus is a computer virus which infects .COM and .EXE files. The virus is loaded into memory by executing an infected program and then affects the computer's runtime operation, corrupts program or overlay files.
Research Wonder Virus

WORD ATOM MACRO VIRUS

The Word Atom Macro Virus is a macro virus which affects Microsoft Word documents. This virus contains four macros: Atom, FileOpen, FileSaveAs, AutoOpen, and infects Word while loading the infected document (AutoOpen). This virus infects the files in two ways: while opening the file (command File/Open, macro FileOpen), and while saving the document with new name (command File/ SaveAs, macro FileSaveAs). While infecting the document while saving it with new name (FileSaveAs) the virus checks the system time. If the value of seconds is equal to 13 the virus set the password to ATOM#1 for this document. The virus cannot set the password if the file is already infected - Word displays the message about WordBasic error. Opening an infected document on the 13th of December the virus deletes all files in the current directory.
Research Word Atom Macro Virus

WORD COLOR MACRO VIRUS

The Word Color Macro Virus is an encrypted Microsoft Word macro virus containing the macros: FileNew, AutoExec, AutoOpen, FileExit, FileSave, AutoClose, FileSaveAs, ToolsMacro. The virus infects files while creating a new document (FileNew) and saving the document with a new name (FileSaveAs). On each 300th call to the file functions the virus alters the section [ colors] in the WIN.INI file, and sets random selected colours for the Windows components. New colours appear after next restarting Windows. The virus keeps the trigger counter in the [ windows] section of the WIN.INI file: [windows] countersu= 234 The virus allows executing of Auto-macros and sets DisableAutoMacros to zero. When the virus is active, it is impossible to activate the Tools/Macro command, so for manual disinfection it is necessary to delete the virus' macros by using the Organizer.
Research Word Color Macro Virus

WORD CONCEPT MACRO VIRUS

The Word Concept Macro Virus is a Microsoft Word macro virus which infects Microsoft Word documenrs. The virus contains five macros: AAAZAO, AAAZFS, AutoOpen, PayLoad, FileSaveAs. It infects the files that are SaveAs'ed (FileSaveAs). There are the text strings in the infected document: see if we' re already installed iWW6IInstance AAAZFS AAAZAO That's enough to prove my point and others. The WINWORD6.INI on infected system contains the line: WW6I= 1 On the first execution of the virus code (i.e. on the first opening of the infected file) the MessageBox appears with digit '1' inside, and ' Ok' button.
Research Word Concept Macro Virus

WORD HOT MACRO VIRUS

The Word Hot Macro Virus is an encrypted Microsoft Word macro virus containing the macros: AutoOpen, InsertPBreak, DrawBringInFrOut, ToolsRepaginat. While infecting the system the virus renames the ToolsRepaginat macros to FileSave, and then infects the existing documents that are saved on disk (FileSave). While infecting documents the virus renames FileSave macro back to ToolsRepaginat name. While infecting the system the virus inserts the string 'QLHot=nnnn' into the WINWORD6.INI file, where nnnn is the triggering day, it is the number of the current day of this century plus 14, for example: QLHot=35110 Over the next six days the virus selects a random value from 1 to 6, and adds to the triggering day. If the result is equal to the current day, the virus deletes the file before saving it to disk. 14 days after the last modifying of the QLHot string the virus renews it. The virus does no action if there is a C:\DOS\EGA5.CPI file. The virus does not work under Microsoft Word 7.0. While opening the infected
document the system displays the message: Unable to load specified library
Research Word Hot Macro Virus

WORDSWAP VIRUS

The Wordswap Virus is a computer virus which infects .COM and .EXE files including COMMAND.COM. The virus is loaded into memory by executing an infected program and then affects the computer's runtime operation, corrupts program or overlay files and data files.
Research Wordswap Virus

WORLD PEACE VIRUS

The World Peace Virus is a computer virus which infects the diskette boot sector. The virus is loaded into memory by booting from an infected disk and then affects the computer's runtime operation and corrupts program or overlay files.
Research World Peace Virus

WORM VIRUS

The Worm Virus is a computer virus which infects .EXE files. The virus is loaded into memory by executing an infected program and then affects the computer's runtime operation and corrupts program or overlay files.
Research Worm Virus

WORM SAMBUD.A

The Worm Sambud.A (also known as W32/Enerkaz.worm and Worm.P2P.Sambud) is a memory resident worm written in Borland Delphi that infects computers through the Kazaa peer-to-peer file sharing network. The worm reportedly displays a rude message, but does little other damage other than infecting system files and using resources.
Research Worm Sambud.A

WWT VIRUS

The WWT Virus is a computer virus which infects .COM files including COMMAND. COM. The virus is loaded into memory by executing an infected program and then affects the computer's runtime operation, corrupts program files.
Research WWT Virus

 
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