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Unusual viruses on current free gift CDs
Tue, 18 August 2009
Harmful files are currently being encountered on free gift CDs issued with popular computer magazines and in download portals. These files infect the source code of development environments.
Tettnang, 18 August 2009 – Unusual viruses have been encountered recently, for example on the free gift CD/ DVD issued with the 18/2009 edition of popular computer magazine ComputerBild and in the Chip download portal. The viruses infect the source code of Delphi programming environments, so that programs produced using the environment will also infect the programming environments on other computers.
The harmful program changes the “SysConst.pas” file, uses it to compile the “SysConst.dcu” library, having first made a copy of the original named “SysConst.bak”. The copy enables the virus to check that its attack has been successful, preventing another infection. It then deletes the modified “SysConst.pas” file. Programmers should also be suspicious if programs crash with the error message “RunTime Error 3”.
The files identified so far that infect this programming environment are "TidyFavorites_Setup_4_1_free.exe” and “anytv241_setup.exe”. Users should not run these files under any circumstances. The file has been removed from the Chip download portal in the meantime.
Update 21.08.2009: AV-Test.org has informed us that the DVD.EXE which is included in the program package "DVD Movie Maker" is also infected.
Users should also update their anti-virus software – Avira’s security solutions identify the harmful virus as W32/Induc.A with VDF file 7.1.5.130.
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