Hacktic Virus

Virus Name: Hacktic Aliases: V Status: Rare Discovered: June, 1992 Symptoms: .EXE programs truncated to 83 bytes; .EXE programs become hidden; files fail to execute properly; file date/time changes Origin: The Netherlands Eff Length: 83 Bytes Type Code: ONE - Non-Resident Overwriting .EXE Infector Detection Method: ViruScan, AVTK, F-Prot, IBMAV, Sweep, NAV, NAVDX, VAlert, PCScan, ChAV, NShld, AVTK/N, LProt, Sweep/N, NAV/N, NProt, IBMAV/N, Innoc Removal Instructions: Delete infected files General Comments: The Hacktic virus was received from The Netherlands in June, 1992. Hacktic is a non-resident, direct action overwriting virus which infects .EXE programs. There is a later version of this virus, Hacktic 2, which is a parasitic virus which infects .COM programs. When a program infected with the Hacktic virus is executed, the Hacktic virus will infect one .EXE program located in the current directory. Infected .EXE programs will be truncated to 83 bytes, and only contain the Hacktic viral code. The .EXE file will disappear from the disk directory as it will have the hidden attribute byte set. The file's date and time in the DOS disk directory will be set to the system date and time when infection occurred. Hacktic doesn't do anything besides replicate, destroying the files it infects. Known variant(s) of Hacktic are: Hacktic 2: Also received in June, 1992, Hacktic 2 is a non- resident direct action infector of .COM programs, including COMMAND.COM. It will infect one .COM program in the current directory each time an infected program is executed. Infected programs will have a file length increase of 93 bytes with the virus being located at the beginning of the file. The program's date and time in the DOS disk directory will have been changed to the system date and time when infection occurred. Hacktic 2 doesn't do anything besides replicate, and doesn't appear to be in the public domain. Origin: The Netherlands June, 1992.