Split Virus

Virus Name: Split Aliases: Split.250 V Status: Rare Discovered: November, 1994 Symptoms: .COM file growth; file date/time changes Origin: Unknown Eff Length: 250 Bytes Type Code: PNCK - Parasitic Non-Resident .COM Infector Detection Method: F-Prot, AVTK, IBMAV, ViruScan, Sweep, NAV, NAVDX, VAlert, PCScan, ChAV, NShld, NProt, Sweep/N, IBMAV/N, AVTK/N, NAV/N, Innoc 4.0+ Removal Instructions: Delete infected files General Comments: The Split or Split.250 virus was received in November, 1994. Its origin or point of isolation is unknown. Split is a non-resident, direct action infector of .COM files, including COMMAND.COM. When a program infected with the Split virus is executed, this virus will infect one drive on the current drive, providing that the current drive is not the A: drive. Infected programs will have a file length increase of 250 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 have been updated to the current system date and time when infection occurred. The following text strings are visible within the viral code in all infected programs: "*.COM" "????????D??" "SPLIT" It is unknown what Split may do besides replicate.