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ARCV-n
Virus Family
Virus Family
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| common_name | N/A |
| technical_name | N/A |
| family | ARCV-n |
| alias | ARCV-1, -2, -3, -4, -5, -6, -7, -8, -9, -10, -10B; ARCV.335, 339, 541, 562, 639, 651, 664, 670, 679, 693, 718, 745, 773, 795, 795.b, 826, 827, 839, 916, 916.b, 965, 986, 1060, 1072, 1172, 1208 |
| classification | Virus |
| type | DOS |
| subtype | COM and EXE infector |
| isolation_date | 1992 |
| origin | England |
| author | ARCV |
ARCV-n is a large family of viruses authored by the Association of Really Cruel Viruses (ARCV) group through October - November 1992. and polymorphed with the PS-MPC virus generation tool (hence they are very similar). A polymorphic virus mutates itself to avoid detection by traditional antivirus and antimalware software. ARCV-n viruses seem to infect COM (perhaps ) and/or EXE files rapidly, but do not damage the compromised machine, instead displaying various text messages to the user. An infected file will have the ARCV-n virus appended to the end of it.
The ARCV group of virus writers created close to 100 new viruses in the 3 months they were active, before they were raided by New Scotland Yard in December, January, and February 1993.
Select ARCV viruses were still being circulated at least through 1998, based on virus tables from the Computer Incident Advisory Capability.
| Member name | String contained | Trigger date | Extra behavior/displayed text |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arcv.335 | [ARCV-6] Apache *.com | ||
| Arcv.339 | [ARCV-5] Apache Warrior, ARCV. Pres. | ||
| Arcv.541 | [ARCV-7] Apache ARCV. *.exe | ||
| Arcv.562 | [X-1] ICE-9 | March 3 | ICE-9 Presents |
| Arcv.639 | [ARCV93] ICE-9 | January | Happy New Year from the ARCV |
| Arcv.651 | [ARCV-3] Apache Warrior. | February | Yo.. I've Just Found a Virus.. Opps.. Sorry I'm the Virus. |
| Arcv.664 | [ARCV-4] Apache Warrior, ARCV Pres. .exe .com | May 9 | So Who's the Best Then? |
| Arcv.670 | Made in ENGLAND. [ARCVXMAS] by ICE-9 Released June 1992. | December 20 until 25 | Happy Xmas from The ARCV. |
| Arcv.679 | Naughty, Naughtyall ARCV Productions Ltd. [ARCV-8] *.exe | ||
| Arcv.693 | [ARCV-2] Apache Warrior, ARCV. Pres. | April | Help.. Help.. I'm Sinking........ |
| Arcv.718 | [SOLOMoN] ICE-9 | Hello Dr Sol. | |
| Arcv.745 | [ARCV-9] Apache Warrior. *.com | ||
| Arcv.773 | [Slime] By Apache Warrior, ARCV Pres. | ||
| Arcv.795 | [SCROLL] ICE-9 ARcV \COMMAND.COM | //scrolls up the screen | |
| Arcv.795.b | [X-2] ICE-9, -- Made in England. | ||
| Arcv.826 | [ARCV-1] Apache Warrior, ARCV Pres. | June 15 | Long Live The ARCV. MUFC for the League! |
| Arcv.827 | [ARCV-10] Apache Warrior. | Well its finally here The -= ARCV =- | |
| Arcv.839 | [FRIENDS] i486X | ||
| Arcv.916 | [JO] By Apache Warrior, ARCV Pres. | December 10 | Looking Good Slimline Joanna. |
| Arcv.916.b | JO Exerciser Virus. Apache Warrior, ARCV Pres. [JOEXE] | ||
| Arcv.965 | [Joshua] | Guess what ??? | |
| Arcv.986 | [JO] By Apache Warrior, ARCV Pres. | This is Dedicated To the Girl I Love, Joanna Dicks. | |
| Arcv.1060 | [X-3b] ICE-9 (c) 1992 ICE-9 | THE TWINS | |
| Arcv.1072 | [ReaperMan] Apache Warrior | ||
| Arcv.1172 | [Sandwich] By Apache Warrior, ARCV Pres. | Which ARCV Member Likes a | |
| Arcv.1208 | [SCYTHE] Apache Warrior, ARCV Pres. | December 12 | This is the Scythe for Reaper Man. |
References
References
- "What is a Polymorphic Virus? Examples & More - CrowdStrike".
- BOTEZATU, Bogdan. "From Michelangelo to Self-Mutating Engine".
- (1993-02-03). "Computer virus group arrested".
- Khanaka, Gizzing. (May 21, 1998). "Virus Information Update CIAC-2301". Computer Incident Advisory Capability.
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