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Jihuu.621

ALIAS:621
ORIGIN:Finland
SIZE:658
TYPE:Resident COM-files
REPAIR:Yes

Summary

This virus activates on Friday the 13th displaying the message:

        "Something wonderful has happened, your PC is alive".


When it is on the 4th day of any month it shows the message:

        "Water detected in match-co-processor".

Additional Details

Jihuu will activate in the year 2000. Then it tries to overwrite the hard disk and displays:

        "PARITY ERROR System halted".


VARIANT:Jihuu.686
SIZE:686
This variant was found almost three years after the variant 621 - in May 1994. The operation of the virus is identical, but the text messages have been encrypted with XOR FFh operation.

[Analysis: Mikko Hypponen, F-Secure]