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Original URL: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/10/14/bacros_retro_virus/
90s retro virus spreads over physical media
By John Leyden (john.leyden at theregister.co.uk)
Published Thursday 14th October 2004 23:20 GMT
A "retro" virus which spreads by floppy disks and CD-ROMs is
spreading (modestly) across Scandinavia.
Bacros ( http://www.f-secure.com/v-descs/bacros_a.shtml ) replicates by
using floppy disks and CD-ROMs - a throwback to the virus propagation
techniques of the 1990s. This illustrates its marked difference from
the latest generation of email, file sharing or network exploit-based
worms. However some things don't change: Bacros infects Windows PCs
only.
Bacros, first spotted a month ago, copies itself to all floppy disks
it sees. It also attempts to burn itself to CD-R disks (complete with
an AUTORUN file, which will run the virus when the CD-R is inserted
to another machine). Unlike current worms - which often try to
surreptitiously take over user's machines, Bacros caries a
destructive payload.
The virus overwrites any GIF image files it finds on infected PC with
an image that says "KUOLE JEHOVA" ("Die Jehovah" in Finnish). On
Christmas Day, Bacros attempts to delete all the files on an infected
PC's hard disk.
In addition to spreading on physical media, the virus also works as a
companion virus, attacking TXT files. For example, when the virus
finds a file called README.TXT, it will make that file hidden and
drop a new file called README.EXE in the same directory. Bacros is
not widespread, but it is "spreading in a low-key way", according to
F-Secure spokesman, the Finnish anti-virus firm. ®
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