User blog:ExtrSwiftz/New List of Lua Viruses

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 * This list is going to be completely rework since the old one was so inaccurate, falsely misinterupted, and just not created properly.it feels like it was made by someone who don't have any real knowledge of roblox lua and viruses and actively search to find virus rather doing proper research. - ExtrSwiftz


 * S.Vaccine Risk: 5% - Can be found in models or fraudulent antivirus plugin. Removal Difficulty : Level 1 (Easy)  Damage : Spreads scripts into all game parts.


 * Plugin virus Risk: 10% - Only found on plugins from suspicious sources. Removal Difficulty : Level 2 (Medium)  Damage : Varies but due to how plugins work it may cause permeant damages to your games or may be a minor damage.


 * R.ROFL Risk: 10% - Found in free models. Removal Difficulty : Level 2 (Medium)  Damage : Causes scripts to break since it renames objects to ROFL or any other name.


 * OS.C-REX Risk: N/A - Found in free models. Removal Difficulty : Level 1 (Easy)  Damage : Varies but can changes and alter the game Lighting settings and use spawn Instances parts or other objects; could potentially cause seizures.


 * PA/S.Firespread Risk: 10% - Found in free models. Removal Difficulty : Level 2 (Medium)  Damage : Spreads fire (or any sort of particle emitter)across every part in the place, causing enormous lag.


 * LT/S.4D Being Risk: 15% - Found in many old free models. Removal Difficulty : Level 1 (Easy)  Damage : Puts itself into everything in the game, repeating every frame, including versions of itself, which can cause crashes after a few minutes.


 * KM/PA/PB/S/LT.Game Destroyer Risk: 2% - Found in free models. Removal Difficulty : Level 3 (Hard)  Damage : Plays extremely loud audio throughout the game, deletes all parts but itself, Repeatedly kills the player, Causes enormous lag, If something with this virus is published, it will become extremely difficult to stop, somehow managing to save itself into everything. After that happens - the only way to stop it is to wipe the game.


 * IV.Nom Risk: 0% - Only present in it's own model. Removal Difficulty : Level 1 (Easy)  Damage : Flies around the game, eating any unlocked parts it touches, and duplicating itself with every time it does so.


 * OUS.LEARN TO SCRIPT Risk: 4% - Found in an RTX free model. Removal Difficulty : Level 1 (Easy)  Damage : Deletes everything and puts a message on screen saying "LEARN TO SCRIPT, YOU LAZY ROBLOXIAN!"

Replication:

 * LT - Latency Turbulent - Is designed to slow the game's server down.
 * RI - Replicates Instances (Rabbit) - Spawns or Duplicates a bunch of objects(mostly parts or scripts) using new instances or :Clone.
 * S - Spread - Spreads a script(or particles) or other object to pieces in the game.

Tampering:

 * R - Renaming objects in workspace into random strings of words, symbols, or numbers basically encrypting it which causes some scripts to break.
 * GTP - Game Teleporter - Teleports a player who joins to another game which may have malicious content.
 * DB - Datastore Break- Breaks or manipulates the values of a player saved data.
 * KL - Kill Loop - Repeatedly kills the player or any sort of humanoids in the workspace indefinitely.
 * BD - Inserts a backdoor script.
 * IV - Intentional Virus - A virus that must be inserted at will.
 * OUS - Other Unwanted Script - Does malicious actions that has not been categorized.