VCC Virus
Virus Name: VCC
Aliases: VCC.269
V Status: New
Discovered: January, 1996
Symptoms: .COM file growth; file date/time changes
Origin: Unknown
Eff Length: 269 Bytes
Type Code: PNCK - Parasitic Non-Resident .COM Infector
Detection Method: F-Prot, AVTK, IBMAV, ViruScan, PCScan, ChAV,
NAV, NAVDX,
AVTK/N, IBMAV/N, NShld, NAV/N, Innoc
Removal Instructions: Delete infected files
General Comments:
The VCC or VCC.269 virus was received in January, 1996, along with
many other viruses which appear to have been created with the same
virus creation package. These viruses are generally non-resident
direct action infectors of .COM files, including COMMAND.COM. They
may either be encrypted or non-encrypted. Some of the viruses,
namely the ones that contain the text string "DEBUGGING IS VERY
ILLEGAL (NOT!)" may interfer with some debugging programs as these
viruses intercept or attempt to disable interrupts 01 and 03.
The VCC.269 virus infects up to five .COM files located in the
current directory when an infected program is executed. Programs
infected with this virus will have a file length increase of 269
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:
"Test Virus #1"
"Hacking Hell"
"I-EAS Virus Creation Centre v0.19á]"
"[T1]"
"[HH]"
"[IE-VCC v0.19á]"
"*.COM"
Other known virus(es) created with VCC are:
VCC.355: Also received in January, 1996, this virus infects
up to two .COM files located in the current directory when an
infected program is executed. Infected programs will have a
file length increase of 355 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:
"DEBUGGING IS VERY ILLEGAL (NOT!)"
"Test Virus #5"
"Hacking Hell"
"I-EAS Virus Creation Centre v0.19á]"
"[T5]"
"[HH]"
"[IE-VCC v0.19á]"
"+.COM"
Origin: Unknown January, 1996.
VCC.367: Also received in January, 1996, this virus infects
up to two .COM files located in the current directory when an
infected program is executed. Infected programs will have a
file length increase of 367 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 encrypted within the viral code:
"DEBUGGING IS VERY ILLEGAL (NOT!)"
"Test Virus #4"
"Hacking Hell"
"I-EAS Virus Creation Centre v0.19á]"
"[T4]"
"[HH]"
"[IE-VCC v0.19á]"
"*.COM"
Origin: Unknown January, 1996.
VCC.436: Also received in January, 1996, this virus infects up
to seven .COM files located in the current directory when an
infected program is executed. Infected programs will have a
file length increase of 436 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 encrypted within the viral code:
"DEBUGGING IS VERY ILLEGAL (NOT!)"
""Bother!" said Pooh"
"as he lost his keys."
"Pooh5 Virus"
"RaBBiT""
"I-EAS Virus Creation Centre v0.19á]"
"[P5]"
"[RB]"
"[IE-VCC v0.19á]"
"*.COM"
The second and third text strings above are displayed as a
message on the system monitor when an infected program is
executed.
Origin: Unknown January, 1996.
VCC.437: Also received in January, 1996, this virus infects up
to seven .COM files located in the current directory when an
infected program is executed. Infected programs will have a
file length increase of 437 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 encrypted within the viral code:
"DEBUGGING IS VERY ILLEGAL (NOT!)"
""Bother!" said Pooh"
"as he ran over Barney"
"Pooh6 Virus"
"RaBBiT""
"I-EAS Virus Creation Centre v0.19á]"
"[P6]"
"[RB]"
"[IE-VCC v0.19á]"
"*.COM"
The second and third text strings above are displayed as a
message on the system monitor when an infected program is
executed.
Origin: Unknown January, 1996.
VCC.438: Also received in January, 1996, this virus infects one
.COM file located in the current directory when an infected
program is executed. Infected programs will have a file length
increase of 438 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
encrypted within the viral code:
"DEBUGGING IS VERY ILLEGAL (NOT!)"
"IT IS THEM!!!!!!!"
"Hope you like ants!"
"THEM! A Virus"
"Thespian"
"I-EAS Virus Creation Centre v0.19á]"
"[TA]"
"[TP]"
"[IE-VCC v0.19á]"
"*.COM"
The second and third text strings above are displayed as a
message on the system monitor when an infected program is
executed.
Origin: Unknown January, 1996.
VCC.440: Also received in January, 1996, this virus infects up
to seven .COM files located in the current directory when an
infected program is executed. Infected programs will have a
file length increase of 440 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 encrypted within the viral code:
"DEBUGGING IS VERY ILLEGAL (NOT!)"
""Bother!" said Pooh"
"as the Vice Squad raided"
"Pooh9 Virus"
"RaBBiT""
"I-EAS Virus Creation Centre v0.19á]"
"[P9]"
"[RB]"
"[IE-VCC v0.19á]"
"*.COM"
The second and third text strings above are displayed as a
message on the system monitor when an infected program is
executed.
Origin: Unknown January, 1996.
VCC.444: Also received in January, 1996, this virus infects up
to seven .COM files located in the current directory when an
infected program is executed. Infected programs will have a
file length increase of 444 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 encrypted within the viral code:
"DEBUGGING IS VERY ILLEGAL (NOT!)"
""Bother!" said Pooh"
"and deleted his source code."
"Pooh1 Virus"
"RaBBiT""
"I-EAS Virus Creation Centre v0.19á]"
"[P3]"
"[RB]"
"[IE-VCC v0.19á]"
"*.COM"
The second and third text strings above are displayed as a
message on the system monitor when an infected program is
executed.
Origin: Unknown January, 1996.
VCC.449: Also received in January, 1996, this virus infects up
to seven .COM files located in the current directory when an
infected program is executed. Infected programs will have a
file length increase of 449 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 encrypted within the viral code:
"DEBUGGING IS VERY ILLEGAL (NOT!)"
""Bother!" said Pooh"
"as his plane lost the last engine"
"Pooh7 Virus"
"RaBBiT""
"I-EAS Virus Creation Centre v0.19á]"
"[P7]"
"[RB]"
"[IE-VCC v0.19á]"
"*.COM"
The second and third text strings above are displayed as a
message on the system monitor when an infected program is
executed.
Origin: Unknown January, 1996.
VCC.450.A: Also received in January, 1996, this virus infects up
to seven .COM files located in the current directory when an
infected program is executed. Infected programs will have a
file length increase of 450 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 encrypted within the viral code:
"DEBUGGING IS VERY ILLEGAL (NOT!)"
""Bother!" said Pooh"
"as the pin fell out of the grenade"
"Pooh8 Virus"
"RaBBiT""
"I-EAS Virus Creation Centre v0.19á]"
"[P8]"
"[RB]"
"[IE-VCC v0.19á]"
"*.COM"
The second and third text strings above are displayed as a
message on the system monitor when an infected program is
executed.
Origin: Unknown January, 1996.
VCC.450.B: Also received in January, 1996, this virus infects up
to seven .COM files located in the current directory when an
infected program is executed. Infected programs will have a
file length increase of 450 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 encrypted within the viral code:
"DEBUGGING IS VERY ILLEGAL (NOT!)"
""Bother!" said Pooh"
"as he buried the corpse of Piglet."
"PooH2 Virus"
"RaBBiT""
"I-EAS Virus Creation Centre v0.19á]"
"[P2]"
"[RB]"
"[IE-VCC v0.19á]"
"*.COM"
The second and third text strings above are displayed as a
message on the system monitor when an infected program is
executed.
Origin: Unknown January, 1996.
VCC.451: Also received in January, 1996, this virus infects up
to seven .COM files located in the current directory when an
infected program is executed. Infected programs will have a
file length increase of 451 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 encrypted within the viral code:
"DEBUGGING IS VERY ILLEGAL (NOT!)"
""Oh Bother!" said Pooh"
"as the virus ate his hard drive!"
"PooH1 Virus"
"RaBBiT""
"I-EAS Virus Creation Centre v0.19á]"
"[PH]"
"[P1]"
"[IE-VCC v0.19á]"
"*.COM"
The second and third text strings above are displayed as a
message on the system monitor when an infected program is
executed.
Origin: Unknown January, 1996.
VCC.459: Also received in January, 1996, this virus infects up
to seven .COM files located in the current directory when an
infected program is executed. Infected programs will have a
file length increase of 459 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 encrypted within the viral code:
"DEBUGGING IS VERY ILLEGAL (NOT!)"
""Bother!" said Pooh"
"as the FBI surrounded the family compound."
"PooH10 Virus"
"RaBBiT""
"I-EAS Virus Creation Centre v0.19á]"
"[p1]"
"[RB]"
"[IE-VCC v0.19á]"
"*.COM"
The second and third text strings above are displayed as a
message on the system monitor when an infected program is
executed.
Origin: Unknown January, 1996.
VCC.461: Also received in January, 1996, this virus infects up
to seven .COM files located in the current directory when an
infected program is executed. Infected programs will have a
file length increase of 461 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 encrypted within the viral code:
"DEBUGGING IS VERY ILLEGAL (NOT!)"
""Bother!" said Pooh"
"and installed Windows 95 and Bill got richer"
"PooH4 Virus"
"RaBBiT""
"I-EAS Virus Creation Centre v0.19á]"
"[P4]"
"[RB]"
"[IE-VCC v0.19á]"
"*.COM"
The second and third text strings above are displayed as a
message on the system monitor when an infected program is
executed.
Origin: Unknown January, 1996.
VCC.565: Also received in January, 1996, this virus infects up
to four .COM files located in the current directory when an
infected program is executed, and the following message will
be displayed on the system monitor:
"Sign no more, ladies, sigh no more,
Men were deceivers ever;
One foot in sea, and one on shore,
To one thing constant never.
Then sigh not so,
But let them go,
And be you blithe and bonny,
Converting all your sounds of woe
Into Hey nonny, nonny."
Infected programs will have a file length increase of 565 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 encrypted
within the viral code, as are the text strings from the message
displayed by the virus:
"Much Ado About Noth"
"Thespian"
"I-EAS Virus Creation Centre v0.19á]"
"[MD]"
"[Th]"
"[IE-VCC v0.19á]"
"+.COM"
Origin: Unknown January, 1996.
VCC.571: Also received in January, 1996, this virus infects one
.COM file located in the current directory when an infected
program is executed, and the following message will be displayed
on the system monitor, accompanied by a tone on the system
speaker and a system hang:
"Your System DNA is mutating!"
Infected programs will have a file length increase of 571 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 encrypted
within the viral code, as is the text string from the message
displayed by the virus:
"DEBUGGING IS VERY ILLIGAL (NOT!)"
"sPeCiEs A Virus"
"pANdEMiC"
"I-EAS Virus Creation Centre v0.19á]"
"[sA]"
"[HH]"
"[IE-VCC v0.19á]"
"+.COM"
Origin: Unknown January, 1996.
VCC.585: Also received in January, 1996, this virus infects up
to six .COM files located in the current directory when an
infected program is executed, and the following message will
be displayed on the system monitor:
"Tis true; there is magic in the web of it;
A sibyl, that had numbered in the world
The sun to course two hundred compasses.
in her prophetic fury sewed the work;
The worms were hallowed that did breed the silk,
And it was dyed in mummy which the skilful
Conserved of maidens hearts"
Infected programs will have a file length increase of 585 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, as are the text strings from the message
displayed by the virus:
"Othello"
"Thespian"
"I-EAS Virus Creation Centre v0.19á]"
"[Oo]"
"[Th]"
"[IE-VCC v0.19á]"
"+.COM"
Origin: Unknown January, 1996.
VCC.592: Also received in January, 1996, this virus infects up
to four .COM files located in the current directory when an
infected program is executed, and the following message will
be displayed on the system monitor:
"Thou hast most traitorously corrupted the youth of the realm
in erecting a grammar school; and whereas, before, our
forefathers had no other books but the score and the talley,
thou hast caused printing to be used; and contrary to the king,
his crown and dignity, thou hast built a paper-mill."
Infected programs will have a file length increase of 592 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, as are the text strings from the message
displayed by the virus:
"HenryVI"
"Thespian"
"I-EAS Virus Creation Centre v0.19á]"
"[H6]"
"[Th]"
"[IE-VCC v0.19á]"
"+.COM"
Origin: Unknown January, 1996.
VCC.625: Also received in January, 1996, this virus infects up
to seven .COM files located in the current directory when an
infected program is executed, and the following message will
be displayed on the system monitor:
"O Romeo, Romoe! wherefore art thou Romeo?
Deny thy father, and refuse the name;
Or, if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love,
And I will no longer be a Caplet.
What is in a name? that which we call a rose,
By any other name would smell as sweet.
Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare"
Infected programs will have a file length increase of 625 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, as are the text strings from the message
displayed by the virus:
"Romeo and Juliet"
"Thespian"
"I-EAS Virus Creation Centre v0.19á]"
"[RJ]"
"[Th]"
"[IE-VCC v0.19á]"
"+.COM"
Origin: Unknown January, 1996.
VCC.667: Also received in January, 1996, this virus infects up
to eight .COM files located in the current directory when an
infected program is executed, and the following message will
be displayed on the system monitor:
"This England never did, nor never shall,
Lie at the proud foot of a conqueror,
BUT when it first did help to wound itself.
Now these her princes are come home again.
Come the three corners of the world in arms,
And we shall shock them: nought shall make us rue,
If England to itself do rest but true.
King John by William Shakespeare"
Infected programs will have a file length increase of 667 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, as are the text strings from the message
displayed by the virus:
"King John"
"Thespian"
"I-EAS Virus Creation Centre v0.19á]"
"[KJ]"
"[Th]"
"[IE-VCC v0.19á]"
"+.COM"
Origin: Unknown January, 1996.
VCC.735: Also received in January, 1996, this virus infects up
to seven .COM files located in the current directory when an
infected program is executed, and the following message will
be displayed on the system monitor:
"Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more
Or close the wall up with our English dead!
In peace theres nothing so becomes a man
As modest stillness and humility:
But when the blast of war blows in our ears,
Then imitate the action of the tiger;
Stiffen the sinews, summon up the blood,
Disguise fair nature with hard-favoured rage;
Then lend the eye a terrible aspect.
Henry V by Billy Bob Shakespeare"
Infected programs will have a file length increase of 735 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, as are the text strings from the message
displayed by the virus:
"Henry V"
"Thespian"
"I-EAS Virus Creation Centre v0.19á]"
"[HV]"
"[Th]"
"[IE-VCC v0.19á]"
"+.COM"
Origin: Unknown January, 1996.
VCC.753: Also received in January, 1996, this virus infects up
to four .COM files located in the current directory when an
infected program is executed, and the following message will
be displayed on the system monitor:
"Be innocent of knowledge, darest chuck,
Till thou applaud the deed. Come, seeling night
Scarf up the tender eye pitiful day,
And with thy bloody and invisible hand.
Cancel and tear to pieces that great bond,
Which keeps me pale! Light thickens, and the crow
Makes wing to the rooky wood;
Good things of the daybegin to droop and drowse,
Whiles nights black agents to their prays do rouse.
Macbeth by William Shakespeare"
Infected programs will have a file length increase of 753 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, as are the text strings from the message
displayed by the virus:
"Macbeth"
"Thespian"
"I-EAS Virus Creation Centre v0.19á]"
"[Mb]"
"[Th]"
"[IE-VCC v0.19á]"
"+.COM"
Origin: Unknown January, 1996.
VCC.793: Also received in January, 1996, this virus infects up
to five .COM files located in the current directory when an
infected program is executed, and the following message will
be displayed on the system monitor:
"Hath not a Jew eyes? hath not a Jew hands, organs,
dimensions, senses, affections, passions? fed with the
same food, hurt with the same weapons, subject to the
same diseases, healed by the same means, warned and
cooled by the same winter and summer, as a Christian
is? If you prick us, do we not bleed? If you tickle us
do we not laugh? If you poison us, do we not die? and
if you wrong us, shall we not revenge? If we are like you
in the rest, we will resemble you in that."
Infected programs will have a file length increase of 793 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, as are the text strings from the message
displayed by the virus:
"Merchant of Venice"
"Thespian"
"I-EAS Virus Creation Centre v0.19á]"
"[MV]"
"[Th]"
"[IE-VCC v0.19á]"
"+.COM"
Origin: Unknown January, 1996.
VCC.813: Also received in January, 1996, this virus infects up
to eight .COM files located in the current directory when an
infected program is executed, and the following message will
be displayed on the system monitor:
"Question your desires
Know your youth, examine well your blood
Whether, if you yield not to your fathers choice,
You can endure the livery of a nun,
For aye to be in shady cloister mewed,
To live a barren sister all your life,
Chanting faint hymns to the cold fruitest moon.
Thrice blessed they that master so their blood,
To undergo such maiden pilgrimage;
But earthier happy is a rose distilled,
Than that which withering on the virgin thorn,
Grows, lives, and dies, in single blessedness."
Infected programs will have a file length increase of 813 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, as are the text strings from the message
displayed by the virus:
"Midsummer Night"
"Thespian"
"I-EAS Virus Creation Centre v0.19á]"
"[MD]"
"[Th]"
"[IE-VCC v0.19á]"
"+.COM"
Origin: Unknown January, 1996.
VCC.857: Also received in January, 1996, this virus infects up
to six .COM files located in the current directory when an
infected program is executed, and the following message will
be displayed on the system monitor:
"O Sleep! O gentle sleep
Natures soft nurse, how have I frighted thee
That thou no more wilt weigh mine eyelids down
And steep my senses in forgetfulness?
Why rather, sleep, liest thou in smoky cribs,
Upon uneasy pallets stretching thee,
And hushed with buzzing night-flies to thy slumber,
Than in the perfumed chambers of the great,
Under the canopies of costly state.
And lulled with sound of sweetest melody?
Then, happy low, lie down!
Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown."
Infected programs will have a file length increase of 857 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, as are the text strings from the message
displayed by the virus:
"HenryVI"
"Thespian"
"I-EAS Virus Creation Centre v0.19á]"
"[Hy]"
"[Th]"
"[IE-VCC v0.19á]"
"+.COM"
Origin: Unknown January, 1996.
VCC.867: Also received in January, 1996, this virus infects up
to four .COM files located in the current directory when an
infected program is executed, and the following message will
be displayed on the system monitor:
"Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me yours ears
I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him
The evil that men do lives after them
The good is oft interred with their bones
So let it be with Caesar. The noble Brutus
Hath told you Caesar was ambitious
If it were so, it was a grievous fault
And grievously hath Caesar answered it
Here under leave of Brutus and the rest,
For Brutus is an honorable man
So are they all, all honourable men
Come I to speak in Caesars funeral
Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare"
Infected programs will have a file length increase of 867 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, as are the text strings from the message
displayed by the virus:
"Julius Caesar"
"Thespian"
"I-EAS Virus Creation Centre v0.19á]"
"[JC]"
"[Th]"
"[IE-VCC v0.19á]"
"+.COM"
Origin: Unknown January, 1996.
VCC.917: Also received in January, 1996, this virus infects up
to five .COM files located in the current directory when an
infected program is executed, and the following message will
be displayed on the system monitor:
"Come, lets away to prison;
We two alone will sing like birds in the cage;
When thou dost ask me blessing I will kneel down,
And ask of thee forgiveness; and we will live,
And pray, and sing, and tell olde tales, and laugh,
At gilded butterflies, and hear poor rogues
Talk of court news; and we will talk with them too,
Who loses, and who wins; who is in, who is out;
And take upons the mystery of things,
As if we were Gods spies; and we will wear out,
In a walled prison, packs and sets of great ones
That ebb and flow by the moon.
King Lear by William Shakespeare"
Infected programs will have a file length increase of 917 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, as are the text strings from the message
displayed by the virus:
"King Lear"
"Thespian"
"I-EAS Virus Creation Centre v0.19á]"
"[KL]"
"[Th]"
"[IE-VCC v0.19á]"
"+.COM"
Origin: Unknown January, 1996.
VCC.1144: Also received in January, 1996, this virus infects up
to four .COM files located in the current directory when an
infected program is executed, and the following message will
be displayed on the system monitor:
"To be, or not to be: that is the question:
Whether tis nobler in the mind to suffer
The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,
Or to take arms against a sea of troubles,
And by opposing end them? To die: to sleep:,
No more; and by a sleep to say we end
the heart-ache and the thousand natural shocks
That fresh is heir to, tis a consummation
Devoutly to be wished To die, to sleep:
To sleep; perchance to dream: ay, theres the rub;
For in that sleep of death what dreams may come
When we have shuffled off this mortal coil
Must give us pause. Theres the respect
That makes calamity of so long life;
For who would bear the whips and scorns of time,
The oppressors wrong, the proud man continuely,
The pangs of disprized love, the laws delay.
Hamlet by Willie Shakespeare"
Infected programs will have a file length increase of 1,144 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, as are the text strings from the message
displayed by the virus:
"Hamlet"
"Thespian"
"I-EAS Virus Creation Centre v0.19á]"
"[Hl]"
"[Th]"
"[IE-VCC v0.19á]"
"+.COM"
Origin: Unknown January, 1996.
VCC.1198: Also received in January, 1996, this virus infects up
to eight .COM files located in the current directory when an
infected program is executed, and the following message will
be displayed on the system monitor:
"But love, first learned in a ladys eyes,
Lives not alone immured in the brain,
But, with the motion of all elements,
Courses as swift as thought in every power,
And gives to every power a double power,
Above their functions and their offices.
It adds a precious seeing to the eye;
A lovers eyes will gaze an eagle blind;
A lovers ears will hear the lowest sound.
When the suspicious head of theft is stopped:
Loves feeling is more soft and sensible
Than are the tender horns of cockled snails:
Loves tongue proves dainty Bacchus gross in taste.
For valour, is not love a Hercules,
Still climbing treesin the Hesperides?
Subtle as Sphinx; as sweet any musical
And when Love speaks, the voice of all the gods
Makes heaven drowsy with the harmony.
Never durst poet tiuch a pen to write
Until his ink were tempered with Loves sighs.
Loves Labours Lost by William Shakespeare"
Infected programs will have a file length increase of 1,198 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, as are the text strings from the message
displayed by the virus:
"Love"
"Thespian"
"I-EAS Virus Creation Centre v0.19á]"
"[LL]"
"[Th]"
"[IE-VCC v0.19á]"
"+.COM"
Origin: Unknown January, 1996.
VCC.1263: Also received in January, 1996, this virus infects up
to five .COM files located in the current directory when an
infected program is executed, and the following message will
be displayed on the system monitor:
"Farewell! a long farewell, to all my greatness!
This is the state of man: to-day he puts forth
The tender leaves of hope; to-morrow blossoms,
And bears his blushing honours thick upon him;
The third day comes a frost, a killing frost;
And, when he thinks, good easy man, full surely
His greatness is a-ripening, nips his roof,
And then he falls, as I do. I have ventured,
Like little wanton boys that swim on bladdrs,
This many summers in a sea of glory,
But far beyond my depth; my high-blown pride
At length broke under me, and noe has left me
Weary and old with service, to the mercy
Of a rude stream that must for ever hide me.
Vain pomp and glory of this world, I hate ye:
I feel my heart new opened. O how wretched
Is that poor man that hangs on princes favours!
there is , betwixt that smile we would aspire to,
That sweet aspect of princes, and their ruin.
Henry VIII by William Shakespeare"
Infected programs will have a file length increase of 1,263 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, as are the text strings from the message
displayed by the virus:
"Henry 8"
"Thespian"
"I-EAS Virus Creation Centre v0.19á]"
"[H8]"
"[Th]"
"[IE-VCC v0.19á]"
"+.COM"
Origin: Unknown January, 1996.