Adolph Virus

Virus Name: Adolph Aliases: V Status: Rare Discovery: May, 1991 Symptoms: .COM file growth Origin: Europe Eff Length: 2,109 - 2,445 Bytes Type Code: PNCK - Parasitic Non-Resident .COM Infector Detection Method: F-Prot, NAV, ViruScan, Sweep, AVTK, IBMAV, NAVDX, VAlert, PCScan, ChAV, NShld, LProt, Sweep/N, Innoc, AVTK/N, NAV/N, NProt, IBMAV/N Removal Instructions: Delete infected files General Comments: The Adolph virus was received from Europe in May, 1991. Adolph is a non-resident direct action infector of .COM programs, including COMMAND.COM. Adolph is a variant of V2P6. When a program infected with Adolph is executed, the virus will search the current directory for an uninfected .COM program to infect. If an uninfected .COM program is found, it will be infected. Programs infected with Adolph increase in size by 2,109 to 2,445 bytes with the virus being located at the end of the file. It is unknown if Adolph does anything besides replicate. See: V2P6