ShineAway Virus

Virus Name: ShineAway Aliases: ShineAway.620 V Status: New Discovered: January, 1996 Symptoms: .EXE file growth Origin: Sweden Eff Length: 620 Bytes Type Code: PNE - Parasitic Non-Resident .EXE Infector Detection Method: ChAV, F-Prot, AVTK, IBMAV, ViruScan, NAV, NAVDX, PCScan, Innoc, AVTK/N, IBMAV/N, NShld, NAV/N Removal Instructions: Delete infected files General Comments: The ShineAway virus was recieved in January, 1996, and appears to be from Sweden. It is a non-resident, direct action infector of .EXE files. When a program infected with the ShineAway virus is executed, this virus will infect one .EXE file located in the current directory. Infected files will have a file length increase of 620 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: ".. *.exe" "Eternal love, is like heaven," "sometimes like eternal rain," "sadness, deep inside pain !" "[Shine Away]" ".oO 1995 by CoKe Oo.$Made in Luxembourg 1995" "????????EXE"