Biological Warfare Virus Creation Kit V 1.0

· Overview ·
· Origins ·
· Distribution ·
· Operation ·
· Detection and Removal ·
· Research ·

Overview

Alias:

 BW.1_00 Constructor [Eset], BW-B [Computer Associates], Constructor.DOS.BW.100 [Kaspersky], Constructor/BW.100 [Panda]

Category:

Virus Creation Tool: A program designed to generate viruses. Even early virus creation tools were able to generate hundreds or thousands of different, functioning viruses, which were initially undetectable by current scanners.

Trojan Creation Tool: A program designed to create Trojans. Some of these tools merely wrap existing Trojans, to make them harder to detect. Others add a trojan to an existing product (such as RegEdit.exe), making it a Dropper.

Similar Pests:

 Virus Creation Tool · Trojan Creation Tool

Origins

Author:

 Mnemonix

Group:

 Dementia Praecox

By This Group:

 Biological Warfare Virus Creation Kit ·

Date of Origin:

 June, 1994

Distribution

Prevalence:
  • Biological Warfare Virus Creation Kit V 1.0: < 0.00005%
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    Clot Factor:
  • Biological Warfare Virus Creation Kit V 1.0: < 1

    • The "Clot Factor" is a measure of how much a pest "gums up" a machine by adding registry entries, files, and directories. As more objects are placed in a machine, manual removal becomes more difficult and more error-prone.

    Operation

    Storage Required:
  • Biological Warfare Virus Creation Kit V 1.0: at least 101 KB
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    Detection and Removal

    Automatic Removal:

    PestPatrol detects this.

    PestPatrol removes this.

    Manual Removal:

    		 Follow these steps to remove Biological Warfare Virus Creation Kit V 1.0 from your machine. Begin by backing up your registry and your system, and/or setting a Restore Point, to prevent trouble if you make a mistake.
    Remove Files:

    Remove these files (if present) with Windows Explorer:

    Research

    File Analyses:

    More Info:
  • AllTheWeb, AltaVista, AOL Search, Ask Jeeves, Google, HotBot, Lycos, LookSmart, MSN, Yahoo!
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    Research By:
  • PestPatrol's Pest Research Center
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    Last Revised:

    		 April 15, 2005