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Lemming

Classification

Category:

Malware

Type:

Virus

Aliases:

  • Lemming
  • Keeper

Summary

The first variant of this virus appears to have been written to force TBScan to use the DOS file system and ignore the contents of Anti-vir.dat. It is also known as the "Thunderbyte Killer" due to the text "The Rise and Fall of Thunderbyte-1994-Australia. You Will Never Trust Anti-Virus Software Again!!", but it also attempts to avoid detection by F-Secure anti-virus products and Norton Antivirus.

Lemming has been reported to be widespread in Australia.

There are few known variants.

Removal

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