Anna Virus

Virus Name: Anna Aliases: V Status: Rare Discovery: October, 1992 Symptoms: .COM file growth; file date/time changes Origin: Manchester, England Eff Length: 742 Bytes Type Code: PNCK - Parasitic Non-Resident .COM Infector Detection Method: ViruScan, AVTK, F-Prot, Sweep, NAV, IBMAV, NAVDX, VAlert, PCScan, ChAV, NShld, Sweep/N, NProt, AVTK/N, LProt, IBMAV/N, NAV/N, Innoc, LProt Removal Instructions: Delete infected files General Comments: The Anna virus was received from Manchester, England in October, 1992. Anna is a non-resident, direct action infector of .COM programs, including COMMAND.COM. When a program infected with the Anna virus is executed, the Anna virus will infect one .COM program located in the current directory. Infected programs will have a file length increase of 742 bytes with the virus being located at the end of the file. The program's date and time in the DOS disk directory listing will have been updated to the current system date and time when infection occurred. The following text strings are encrypted within the viral code: "[ANNA] Slartibartfast, ARCV NuKE the French" "Have a Cool Yule from the ARcV" "xCept Anna Jones" "I hope you get run over by a Reindeer" "Santas bringin' you a Bomb" "All my Lurve - SlarTiBarTfAsT" "(c) ARcV 1992 - England Raining Again" "\ *. *.com" It is unknown what Anna does besides replicate.