The Click Virus

Virus Name: The Click Aliases: V Status: New Discovered: July, 1994 Symptoms: .COM file growth; file time = "2:24a"; "Click" sound emitted when program executed Origin: Unknown Eff Length: 291 Bytes Type Code: PNCK - Parasitic Non-Resident .COM Infector Detection Method: IBMAV, AVTK, ViruScan, Sweep, F-Prot, NAV, NAVDX, VAlert, Sweep/N, NShld, IBMAV/N, AVTK/N, NProt, NAV/N Removal Instructions: Delete infected files General Comments: The The Click virus was received in July, 1994. Its origin or point of isolation is unknown. This virus is a non-resident, direct action .COM file infector. It can also infect COMMAND.COM. When a program infected with The Click virus is executed, this virus will infect one .COM file located in the current directory. Infected programs will have a file length increase of 291 bytes with the virus being located at the end of the file. The program's date in the DOS disk directory listing will not be altered, but the time field will have been set to "2:24a". The following text strings are visibile within the viral code in all infected programs: "The Click" "*.com" "????????COM" Execution of infected programs will result in a click-type sound being emitted on the system speaker.