Striker #1 Virus

Virus Name: Striker #1 Aliases: Striker, QD335 V Status: Rare Discovered: March, 1991 Symptoms: .COM growth Origin: United States Eff Length: 461 Bytes Type Code: PNC - Non-Resident Parasitic .COM Infector Detection Method: ViruScan, F-Prot, Sweep, AVTK, ChAV, NAV, IBMAV, NAVDX, VAlert, PCScan, NShld, LProt, Sweep/N, Innoc, NProt, AVTK/N, NAV/N, IBMAV/N Removal Instructions: Delete infected files General Comments: The Striker #1 virus was isolated in the Eastern United States in March, 1991. This virus is a non-resident, direct action infector of .COM programs, including COMMAND.COM. When a program infected with Striker #1 is executed, the virus will infect one .COM program. Infected .COM programs will have the first thirteen bytes altered, and then the body of the virus appended to the end of the program. Infected programs will show a file length increase of 461 bytes in the disk directory, file date and times are not altered. Infected programs can be easily identified as the text string "Striker #1" will appear in the fourth through thirteenth bytes of all infected programs. This string also appears near the end of infected programs. Striker #1 does not appear to do anything besides replicate.