Caustic Virus

Virus Name: Caustic Aliases: Caustic.601 V Status: New Discovery: January, 1996 Symptoms: .COM file growth Origin: Unknown Eff Length: 601 Bytes Type Code: PNCK - Parasitic Non-Resident .COM Infector Detection Method: ChAV, F-Prot, AVTK, IBMAV, ViruScan, NAV, NAVDX, Innoc, AVTK/N, IBMAV/N, NShld, NAV/N Removal Instructions: Delete infected files General Comments: The Caustic or Caustic.601 virus was received in January, 1996. Its origin or point of isolation is unknown. Caustic is a non-resident, direct action infector of .COM files, including COMMAND.COM. When a program infected with the Caustic virus is executed, this virus will infect two .COM files in the current directory. Infected files will have a file length increase of 601 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 not be altered. The following text strings are encrypted within the viral code: "[CAUSTiC GRiP] By Spectral Shadow (c) 1994" ".. *.COM"