Pepper Virus

Virus Name: Pepper Aliases: Pepper.529 V Status: New Discovered: January, 1996 Symptoms: .COM file growth Origin: Unknown Eff Length: 529 Bytes Type Code: PNC - Parasitic Non-Resident .COM Infector Detection Method: AVTK, VAlert, PCScan, NAV, NAVDX, ViruScan, IBMAV, F-Prot, ChAV, AVTK/N, NAV/N, NShld, IBMAV/N, LProt, NProt, Innoc 4.0+ Removal Instructions: Delete infected files General Comments: The Pepper or Pepper.529 virus was received in January, 1996. Its origin or point of isolation is unknown. Pepper is a non-resident, direct action infector of .COM files, but not COMMAND.COM. When a program infected with the Pepper virus is executed, this virus will infect one .COM file located in the current directory. Infected files will have a file length increase of 529 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 encrypted within the viral code: "*.COM" "[pepper] yesterday once more" "????????COM" It is unknown what the Pepper virus may do besides replicate.