Faerie Virus

Virus Name: Faerie Aliases: Faerie-276 V Status: Rare Discovered: September, 1993 Symptoms: .COM file growth Origin: Unknown Eff Length: 276 Bytes Type Code: PNCK - Parasitic Non-Resident .COM Infector Detection Method: F-Prot, NAV, ViruScan, IBMAV, AVTK, Sweep, NAVDX, VAlert, PCScan, ChAV, NShld, Sweep/N, NAV/N, NProt, AVTK/N, IBMAV/N, Innoc, LProt Removal Instructions: Delete infected files General Comments: The Faerie virus was submitted in September, 1993. Its origin or point of isolation is unknown. Faerie is a non-resident, direct action infector of .COM programs, including COMMAND.COM. When a program infected with the Faerie virus is executed, the Faerie virus will infect one .COM program located in the current directory. If COMMAND.COM is located in this directory, it may become infected. Programs infected with the Faerie virus will have a file length increase of 276 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 can be found within the viral code in all Faerie infected programs: "COMMAND.*.COM" "Faerie"