Parity_Boot

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Parity_Boot Destructivity: Spreading: Overall risk:
  
• Detected by virus detection files published: 4/5/2000 • Type: Virus
• Virus characteristics first published: 4/5/2000 • Spreading mechanism: Floppys
• Virus characteristics latest update: 12/17/2003 • Overall risk: Low

Virus type Spreading
mechanism 		Destructivity
and payload 		Additional
descriptions 		Detection
and removal
The Parity_Boot viruses are activated randomly, and display the message "PARITY CHECK". Then the computer halts and simulates a real error situation due to memory error. This message will appear one hour after you started to work with the computer, and only of no diskettes were infected during this time frame.

If you run the DOS command CHKDSK, the total system and free memory is reduced by 1024 bytes.
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