Foxy Virus

Virus Name: Foxy Aliases: Foxy.127 V Status: New Discovered: July, 1995 Symptoms: .COM file growth; file date/time changes Origin: Unknown Eff Length: 127 Bytes Type Code: PNCK - Parasitic Non-Resident .COM Infector Detection Method: F-Prot, AVTK, VAlert, ViruScan, NAV, NAVDX, Sweep, IBMAV, PCScan, ChAV, AVTK/N, NShld, Sweep/N, NAV/N, IBMAV/N, Innoc Removal Instructions: Delete infected files General Comments: The Foxy virus was received in July, 1995. Its origin or point of isolation is unknown. Foxy is a non-resident, direct action .COM infector. It doesn't appear to do anything besides replicate. When a program infected with the Foxy virus is executed, this virus will infect all of the .COM files located in the current directory. Infected files will have a file length increase of 127 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 have been updated to the current system date and time when infection occurred. The following text string is visible within the viral code in all infected files: "*.com"