Raver Virus

Virus Name: Raver Aliases: V Status: New Discovery: January, 1995 Symptoms: .EXE file growth Origin: Unknown Eff Length: 449 Bytes Type Code: PNE - Parasitic Non-Resident .EXE Infector Detection Method: F-Prot, AVTK, IBMAV, ViruScan, Sweep, NAV, NAVDX, VAlert, PCScan, ChAV, AVTK/N, IBMAV/N, NShld, Sweep/N, NAV/N, LProt, Innoc 4.0+ Removal Instructions: Delete infected files General Comments: The Raver virus was received in January, 1995. Its origin or point of isolation is unknown. Raver is a non-resident, direct action infector of .EXE files. When the first Raver infected program is executed, this virus will infect all of the .EXE files located in the current directory. Infected files will have a file length increase of 449 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 string is encrypted within the viral code in all infected programs: ".. *.exe DOOM! (c) '93 Raver/Immortal Riot" It is unknown what the Raver virus does besides replicate.