FWord-383 Virus

Virus Name: FWord-383 Aliases: 383 V Status: Rare Discovered: August, 1993 Symptoms: .COM file growth Origin: Unknown Eff Length: 383 Bytes Type Code: PNCK - Parasitic Non-Resident .COM Infector Detection Method: F-Prot, AVTK, Sweep, ViruScan, NAV, IBMAV, NAVDX, VAlert, PCScan, ChAV, Sweep/N, NShld, AVTK/N, IBMAV/N, Innoc, NAV/N Removal Instructions: Delete infected files General Comments: The FWord-383 virus was submitted in August, 1993. Its origin or point of isolation is unknown. FWord-383 is a non-resident, direct action infector of .COM programs, including COMMAND.COM. When a program infected with the FWord-383 virus is executed, this virus will infect one .COM program located in the current directory. Infected programs will have a file length increase of 383 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 are visible within the viral code in all FWord-383 infected programs: "FUCK YOU" "*.COM"