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Nightfall

Classification

Category:

Malware

Type:

Virus

Aliases:

  • Nightfall
  • N8fall

Summary

This is a very complicated German stealth and polymorphic virus.

Removal

Technical Details

There are several variants. F-Secure anti-virus products reliably detect and disinfect the 4518 and 4519 variants, and do detect but not disinfect the 5764 and 5765 variants (Dec-1995).

The variants display different message. The smaller ones display this message:

Invisible and silent - circling overland : \\\ N 8 F A L L /// Rearranged by Neurobasher - Germany -MY-WILL-TO-DESTROY-IS-YOUR-CHANCE-FOR-IMPROVEMENTS-And the larger ones this:"Any means necessary for survival" * N8FALL/2XS * "By the perception of illusion we experience reality" Art & Strategy by Neurobasher 1994 - Germany "I don't think that the real violence has even started yet"

See: Tremor, Neuroquila, Alphastrike

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