F-Secure Virus Descriptions : Leprosy

NAME:	Leprosy
ALIAS:	News Flash
SIZE:	666
TYPE:	Overwriting COM-files
REPAIR:	Impossible - virus destroys the programs it infects.

The name of the virus is derived from the following message found inside it.

        NEWS FLASH!! Your system has been infected with the
        incurable decay of LEPROSY 1.00, a virus invented by
        PCM2 in June of 1990.  Good luck!

Another variant is known, where the message has been changed to:

        ATTENTION!  Your computer has been afflicted with
        the incurable decay that is the fate wrought by
        Leprosy Strain B, a virus employing Cybernetic
        Mutation Technology(tm) and invented by PCM2 08/90.

Infected programs will either display this message or

        Program too big to fit in memory

Leprosy is a 666 byte overwriting virus, and infected programs must be deleted, as there is no way to remove the virus. The only thing which is remarkable about it is the fact that the virus is written in C.

VARIANT: Plague, Viper, Busted

Plague is a slightly shorter variant, 591 bytes long. It contains the following text:

         Autopsy indicates the cause of
         death was THE PLAGUE
         Dedicated to the dudes at SHHS
         VIVE LE SHE-MAN!

Viper is related, but uses a slightly different encryption method and is 840 bytes long. Busted is yet another variant, which contains the text "Busted!"

VARIANT: Xabaras

This variant has been changed quite a bit, probably in order to avoid detection by some anti-virus program. It is also longer - 1972 bytes.

VARIANT: Leprosy-C, Leprosy-D, Scribble, Seneca, Surfer

Other variants, just as non-interesting as the previous ones.