Sze Virus

Virus Name: Sze Aliases: Sze.314 V Status: New Discovered: January, 1995 Symptoms: .COM file growth; file date/time changes Origin: Unknown Eff Length: 314 Bytes Type Code: PNCK - Parasitic Non-Resident .COM Infector Detection Method: F-Prot, AVTK, IBMAV, ViruScan, Sweep, NAV, NAVDX, VAlert, PCScan, ChAV, AVTK/N, IBMAV/N, NShld, Sweep/N, NAV/N, NProt, Innoc, LProt Removal Instructions: Delete infected files General Comments: The Sze or Sze.314 virus was received in January, 1995. Its origin or point of isolation is unknown. Sze is a non-resident, direct action infector of .COM files, including COMMAND.COM. When a program infected with the Sze virus is executed, this virus will infect all of the .COM files located in the current directory. Infected .COM files will have a file length increase of 314 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 visible within the viral code in all Sze infected programs: "*.co*" "Sze" The "Sze" text string will be located at the very end of all infected files. Known variant(s) of Sze are: Sze.351: Also received in January, 1995, Sze.351 is a 351 byte variant of the Sze virus. It adds 351 bytes to the .COM files it infects, the virus being located at the end of the file. It contains the same text strings as the Sze virus described above. Origin: Unknown January, 1995.