Dzino Virus

Virus Name: Dzino Aliases: V Status: New Discovered: January, 1995 Symptoms: .COM file growth; file date/time seconds = "62" Origin: Unknown Eff Length: 1,000 Bytes Type Code: PNCK - Parasitic Non-Resident .COM Infector Detection Method: F-Prot, AVTK, IBMAV, ViruScan, Sweep, NAV, NAVDX, VAlert, PCScan, AVTK/N, IBMAV/N, NShld, Sweep/N, NAV/N Removal Instructions: Delete infected files General Comments: The Dzino virus was received in January, 1995. Its origin or point of isolation is unknown. Dzino is a non-resident, direct action infector of .COM files, including COMMAND.COM. When a program infected with the Dzino virus is executed, the Dzino virus will infect one .COM file located in the current directory. Programs infected with the Dzino virus will have a file length increase of 1,000 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 appear to be altered, though the seconds field will have been set to "62". The following text strings are visible within the viral code in all Dzino infected programs: "\\TP7 S S NASK" "7 OFT CES\SL\MAXO" "*.* *.com" "????????COM" "???????????" "\ Cau Dzino, padaj votad" It is unknown what the Dzino virus does besides replicate.