Ebbelwoi Virus
Virus Name: Ebbelwoi
Aliases:
V Status: Rare
Discovered: February, 1994
Symptoms: .COM file growth; file date/time seconds set to 06;
unexpected access to C: drive
Origin: Germany
Eff Length: 402 Bytes
Type Code: PNCK - Parasitic Non-Resident .COM Infector
Detection Method: ViruScan, AVTK, Sweep, IBMAV, F-Prot,
NAV, NAVDX, VAlert, PCScan, ChAV,
IBMAV/N, NShld, AVTK/N, Sweep/N, NProt, NAV/N, Innoc 4.0+
Removal Instructions: Delete infected files
General Comments:
The Ebbelwoi virus was received in February, 1994, and appears to be
from Germany. Ebbelwoi is a non-resident, direct action infector of
.COM programs, including COMMAND.COM. It only infects programs
located on the C: drive.
When a program infected with the Ebbelwoi virus is executed, this
virus will infect one .COM program located in the C: drive current
directory. Infected programs will have a file length increase of 402
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 appear
to be unaltered, however the seconds field will have been set to "06".
The following text string is encrypted within the Ebbelwoi viral
code:
"DK*.COM << Ebbelwoi >> by (›)SiRiUS 10-93 D-63225"