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  2. **                                                                  **
  3. **  What's New in the NAV Virus Definitions Files      WHATSNEW.TXT **
  4. **                                                                  **
  5. **  Symantec AntiVirus Research Center (SARC)     November 25, 1998 **
  6. **                                                                  **
  7. **********************************************************************
  8. This document contains the following topics:
  9.  
  10.  * Virus Alerts
  11.  * New Technologies
  12.  * Changes Incorporated Into This Update
  13.  * Additional Information
  14.  
  15. **********************************************************************
  16. ** Virus Alerts                                                     **
  17. **********************************************************************
  18. The ten most commonly reported viruses, worldwide:
  19.  
  20.     1  Form.A
  21.     2  WM.Concept.A
  22.     3  AntiEXE.A
  23.     4  One Half
  24.     5  Stoned.Empire.Monkey.B
  25.     6  Junkie
  26.     7  AntiCMOS.A
  27.     8  Parity Boot.B
  28.     9  Natas.4744
  29.    10  NYB
  30.  
  31. Be on the alert for the following viruses in the following regions:
  32.  
  33.     AntiCMOS.A                    USA, Europe
  34.     AntiEXE                       USA, Europe, India, Japan
  35.     Anxiety.1536                  USA and Europe
  36.     DuBug.3999                    Europe
  37.     Junkie                        Europe, Asia and Australia
  38.     NYB                           North America
  39.     One_Half                      Europe, India and Mexico
  40.     Parity_Boot                   Central and Northern Europe
  41.     Sat_Bug.Natas                 Central and South America
  42.     WM.Concept                    Worldwide
  43.     WM.Wazzu                      Worldwide
  44.  
  45. **********************************************************************
  46. ** New Technologies                                                 **
  47. **********************************************************************
  48.  
  49. DATE         Technologies Added
  50. ----         ------------------
  51. 8/19/98    * Excel heuristics which detect and repair new and unknown
  52.              macro viruses in Excel 95 & 97 documents.
  53.  
  54. 9/16/98    * Added repair for encrypted Excel 97 documents.
  55.  
  56. 10/21/98   * Heuristics to detect AOL Password Stealer Trojans.
  57.            * WORD Heuristics improvement to increase detection
  58.              rate.
  59.  
  60. **********************************************************************
  61. ** Changes Incorporated Into This Virus Definitions Update          **
  62. **********************************************************************
  63. New virus definitions:
  64.  
  65.         Virus Name                Infection Type          Week added
  66.         ----------                --------------          ----------
  67.         Acurev.666                File infector           10/21/98
  68.         Acurev.666                File infector           10/28/98
  69.         Acurev.666 (2)            File infector           10/21/98
  70.         Ailbone.1536              File and Boot infector  11/11/98
  71.         Ailbone.1536 (b)          File and Boot infector  11/11/98
  72.         ALSetup.14190             File infector           11/18/98
  73.         ALSetup.14190 (2)         File infector           11/18/98
  74.         ALSetup.14190 (3)         File infector           11/18/98
  75.         Arusiek (x)               File infector           10/21/98
  76.         Aximus.423                File infector           10/28/98
  77.         Aximus.423 (2)            File infector           10/28/98
  78.         Azusa (z)                 Boot infector           11/25/98
  79.         BachKhoa.3544             File infector           11/11/98
  80.         Batallion.cmp.1187        File infector           11/11/98
  81.         Batallion.cmp.1187 (2)    File infector           11/11/98
  82.         Batman3.6144              File infector           10/21/98
  83.         Batman3.6144              File infector           10/28/98
  84.         Batman3.6144 (2)          File infector           10/21/98
  85.         Bloodhound.AOLPWS         File infector           10/21/98
  86.         Boot5477                  Boot infector           10/21/98
  87.         BW.556                    File infector           11/18/98
  88.         Cezar.4567b               File infector           10/21/98
  89.         Cezar.4567b (2)           File infector           10/21/98
  90.         Cezar.4567b (3)           File infector           10/21/98
  91.         Cezar.4567c               File infector           10/21/98
  92.         CodeBreaker.Crypt.115     File infector           10/21/98
  93.         CodeBrk.EXE1.319          File infector           10/21/98
  94.         CodeBrk.EXE1.319 (2)      File infector           10/21/98
  95.         CodeBrk.Xchg.118          File infector           10/21/98
  96.         CodeBrk.Xchg.118 (2)      File infector           10/21/98
  97.         Creed.5127                File infector           10/21/98
  98.         Cuki.Trojan               File infector           11/04/98
  99.         Dark.Elf.3692             File infector           10/28/98
  100.         DarkAngel.3250            File infector           11/04/98
  101.         Dead.1364 (Gen1)          File infector           11/11/98
  102.         Dead.1364 (x)             File infector           11/18/98
  103.         Dead.1367                 File infector           11/18/98
  104.         Dead.1367 (x)             File infector           11/18/98
  105.         Dead.1981                 File infector           11/18/98
  106.         Dead.1981 (x)             File infector           11/18/98
  107.         Dead.2039                 File infector           11/18/98
  108.         Dead.2039 (x)             File infector           11/18/98
  109.         Die.3520.int              File infector           11/04/98
  110.         Dik.ow.63                 File infector           10/21/98
  111.         Dik.ow.63 (2)             File infector           10/21/98
  112.         Dik.ow.70                 File infector           10/21/98
  113.         Dik.ow.70 (2)             File infector           10/21/98
  114.         Divided.725               File infector           10/21/98
  115.         Divided.725(2)            File infector           10/21/98
  116.         DoubleA.1206              File infector           11/11/98
  117.         Druid.454.int             File infector           11/04/98
  118.         Eddy.1567                 File infector           11/18/98
  119.         Eka.4096                  File infector           10/21/98
  120.         Eka.4096 (2)              File infector           10/21/98
  121.         Eka.4096 (3)              File infector           10/21/98
  122.         Enmity.808                File infector           11/11/98
  123.         Enmity.808 (2)            File infector           11/11/98
  124.         Enmity.808 (3)            File infector           11/11/98
  125.         FCL.2044                  File infector           11/04/98
  126.         FCL.2044 (2)              File infector           11/04/98
  127.         FCL.2044 (3)              File infector           11/04/98
  128.         Flagyll.318               File infector           10/28/98
  129.         Flame (z)                 Boot infector           11/25/98
  130.         FSMM.2971                 File infector           11/04/98
  131.         Ghost.792                 File infector           11/11/98
  132.         Gram.ow.4175              File infector           11/18/98
  133.         HarmWare.3716             File infector           10/28/98
  134.         Harrier.4602 (1)          File and Boot infector  11/04/98
  135.         Haze.2324                 File infector           11/04/98
  136.         Haze.3000                 File infector           11/04/98
  137.         HLL.cmp.10592             File infector           10/21/98
  138.         HLL.cmp.10592(2)          File infector           10/21/98
  139.         HLL.Kremlin.5228 (1)      File infector           11/04/98
  140.         HLL.Kremlin.5228 (2)      File infector           11/04/98
  141.         HLL.Kremlin.5228 (3)      File infector           11/04/98
  142.         HLLC.10000                File infector           11/04/98
  143.         HLLC.10000 (1)            File infector           11/04/98
  144.         HLLC.WURM.10306           File infector           11/04/98
  145.         HLLC.WURM.9948            File infector           11/04/98
  146.         HLLC.WURM.9948 (2)