Filedate 11-537 Virus
Virus Name: Filedate 11-537
Aliases:
V Status: Rare
Discovered: October, 1992
Symptoms: .EXE file growth; file date/time changed to 8-17-88 2:08a
Origin: Unknown
Eff Length: 537 - 553 Bytes
Type Code: PNE - Parasitic Non-Resident .EXE Infector
Detection Method: F-Prot, Sweep, IBMAV, NAV, ViruScan,
AVTK, NAVDX, VAlert, PCScan, ChAV,
LProt, NShld, Sweep/N, Innoc, NProt, AVTK/N,
NAV/N, IBMAV/N
Removal Instructions: Delete infected files
General Comments:
The Filedate 11-537 virus was submitted in October, 1992. Its
origin or point of isolation is unknown. Filedate 11-537 is a
non-resident, direct action infector of .EXE files.
When a program infected with the Filedate 11-537 virus is executed,
this virus will infect one .EXE program located in the current
directory. Infected programs will have a file length increase of
537 to 553 bytes with the virus being located at the end of the
program. The file's date and time in the DOS disk directory
listing will have been changed to 8-17-88 2:08a. One text string
is encrypted within the viral code:
"*.EXE"
Filedate 11-537 doesn't appear to do anything besides replicate.