Handi-215 Virus

Virus Name: Handi-215 Aliases: V Status: Rare Discovered: September, 1993 Symptoms: .COM file growth; file date/time changes Origin: Unknown Eff Length: 215 Bytes Type Code: PNC - Parasitic Non-Resident .COM Infector Detection Method: ViruScan, IBMAV, AVTK, F-Prot, Sweep, NAV, NAVDX, VAlert, PCScan, NShld, NProt, AVTK/N, Sweep/N, IBMAV/N, NAV/N, LProt Removal Instructions: Delete infected files General Comments: The Handi-215 virus was submitted in September, 1993. Its origin or point of isolation is unknown. Handi-215 is a non-resident, direct action infector of .COM programs, but not COMMAND.COM. When a program infected with the Handi-215 virus is executed, this virus will infect all of the .COM files in the current directory, with the exception of COMMAND.COM. Infected programs wil have a file length increase of 215 bytes with the virus being located at the beginning of the file. The program's date and time 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 Handi-215 infected programs: "*.COM" Handi-215 doesn't do anything besides replicate.