Traceback II Virus

Virus Name: Traceback II Aliases: 2930 V Status: Extinct Discovered: October, 1988 Symptoms: .COM & .EXE growth; TSR; graphic display 1 hour after boot Origin: Eff Length: 2,930 Bytes Type Code: PRA - Parasitic Resident .COM & .EXE Infector Detection Method: ViruScan, F-Prot, AVTK, NAV, Sweep, IBMAV, NAVDX, VAlert, PCScan, ChAV, NShld, LProt, Sweep/N, Innoc, NProt, AVTK/N, NAV/N, IBMAV/N Removal Instructions: F-Prot, NAV, or delete infected files General Comments: The Traceback II virus is a variant of the Traceback (3066) virus. It is believed that Traceback II predates the Traceback virus, however the Traceback virus was isolated and reported first. As with the Traceback virus, the Traceback II virus is memory resident and infects both .COM & .EXE files. The comments indicated for the Traceback virus generally apply to the Traceback II virus, with the exception that the file length increase is 2,930 bytes instead of 3,066 bytes. Known variant(s) of Traceback II are: Traceback II-B: Similar to Traceback II, this variant will infect COMMAND.COM. When the cascading effect occurs, the screen will not be restored, instead the system will be hung requiring it to be powered off and rebooted. See: Spanish Traceback Traceback 3029