Cobra Virus

Virus Name: Cobra Aliases: V Status: Rare Discovery: November, 1993 Symptoms: .COM file growth Origin: Unknown Eff Length: 400 Bytes Type Code: PNCK - Parasitic Non-Resident .COM Infector Detection Method: F-Prot, ViruScan, Sweep, AVTK, IBMAV, NAV, NAVDX, VAlert, ChAV, NShld, Sweep/N, NProt, AVTK/N, IBMAV/N, Innoc, NAV/N Removal Instructions: Delete infected files General Comments: The Cobra virus was received in November, 1993. Its origin or point of isolation is unknown. Cobra is a non-resident, direct action infector of .COM programs, including COMMAND.COM. When a program infected with the Cobra virus is executed, this virus will infect one .COM file located in the current directory. Infected programs will have a file length increase of 400 bytes with the virus being located at the beginning of the file. The program's date and time in the DOS disk directory listing will not be altered. The following text strings can be found within the viral code in all infected programs: "Cobra" "*.exe" "*.com" It is unknown if Cobra does anything besides replicate.