Panic Virus

Virus Name: Panic Aliases: Cartier, Panic.1056 V Status: New Discovery: January, 1995 Symptoms: .COM file growth; message Origin: Unknown Eff Length: 1,056 Bytes Type Code: PNCK - Parasitic Non-Resident .COM Infector Detection Method: F-Prot, AVTK, IBMAV, Sweep, NAV, ChAV, ViruScan, NAVDX, VAlert, PCScan, NProt, IBMAV/N, AVTK/N, Sweep/N, NShld, NAV/N, LProt, Innoc 4.0+ Removal Instructions: Delete infected files General Comments: The Panic or Cartier virus was received in January, 1995. Its origin or point of isolation is unknown. Panic is a non-resident, direct action infector of .COM files, including COMMAND.COM. It displays a message. When a program infected with the Panic virus is executed, this virus will infect the first .COM file located in the current directory. Programs infected with the Panic virus will have a file length increase of 1,056 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 Panic infected files: "????????COM?" "*.COM" "Don't panic it, I am just a virus named [Cartier]. Nice to meet you !" "You are so dirty to get software without any payments ! I don't like it !" "So, I destroy all of your datas in the hard disk now ! Feel so good !" "I wish you like that !" "What about a drink ?" "See you next time !" Once all of the .COM files in the current directory have become infected, this virus will will display the above text, with the exception of the first two text strings above, in a box flashing in the middle of the system display when an infected program is executed.