SeaCat Virus

Virus Name: SeaCat Aliases: V Status: Rare Discovered: December, 1992 Symptoms: .COM file growth; file date/time change; program corruption; Read-Only Attribute set on infected files Origin: Unknown Eff Length: 160 Bytes Type Code: PNCK - Parasitic Non-Resident .COM Infector Detection Method: AVTK, IBMAV, Sweep, F-Prot, ViruScan, NAV, NAVDX, VAlert, ChAV, Sweep/N, NShld, Innoc, NProt, AVTK/N, NAV/N, IBMAV/N, LProt Removal Instructions: Delete infected files General Comments: The SeaCat virus was submitted in December, 1992. Its origin or point of isolation is unknown. SeaCat is a non-resident, direct action infector of .COM programs, including COMMAND.COM. When a program infected with the SeaCat virus is executed, the SeaCat virus will infect one .COM program located in the current directory. Infected programs will have a file length increase of 160 bytes with the virus being located at the beginning of the file. The program's date and time in the DOS disk directory listing will have been updated to the current system date and time when infection occurred. The Read-Only attribute will be set on in the DOS disk directory listing for the file. The following text string can be found within the viral code in all SeaCat infected programs: "SeaCat*.com" SeaCat will corrupt .COM programs smaller than 160 bytes when they are infected by the virus.