Quirk Virus

Virus Name: Quirk Aliases: V Status: Rare Discovery: October, 1992 Symptoms: .COM files created Origin: Unknown Eff Length: 9,977 Bytes Type Code: SNE - Spawning or Companion Non-Resident .EXE Infector Detection Method: ViruScan, NAVDX, NAV, AVTK 7.68+, NShld, NAV/N, AVTK/N 7.68+ Removal Instructions: Delete infected files General Comments: The Quirk virus was submitted in October, 1992. Its origin or point of isolation is unknown. Quirk is a non-resident spawning or companion virus. When a program infected with the Quirk virus is executed, the Quirk virus will infect two or more .EXE programs in the current directory. The .EXE programs themselves are not altered, rather the virus creates a 9,977 byte .COM file in the same directory with the same base file name. The newly created .COM files are not hidden, and will have the file date and time in the DOS disk directory listing set to the system date and time when infection occurred. It is unknown if Quirk does anything besides replicate.