Istanbul Famil
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Istanbul Family
These are harmless (except “Istanbul.1367″) memory resident parasitic viruses. They hook INT 21h and write themselves to the end of COM and EXE files that are executed. Depending on the system date they disinfect the host file. Depending on the system date “Istanbul.1312″ beeps with PC speaker. They contain the text strings:
“Istanbul.1312″: Written in the city of Istanbul (c)1993
Installed
“Istanbul.1349″: Anti-Virus?? Written in the city of Istanbul (c)1993
“Istanbul.1367″: Written in the city of Istanbul (c)1994 by REUIUKRGT
“Istanbul.1367″ is a dangerous virus. It deletes the files: X.EXE, CIV.EXE, CìV.EXE, WOLF3D.EXE, RETAL.00, RETAL.01, SUP.EXE, TIM.EXE, TìM.EXE, PRE2.EXE, BIRTH0.PIC, DISCOVR1.PAL, ICONPG1.PAL, YEAGER.EXE, LHX.EXE, JF.EXE.
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