UFA-1201 Virus


 Virus Name:  UFA-1201 
 Aliases:    
 V Status:    Rare 
 Discovered:  December, 1992 
 Symptoms:    .COM file growth 
 Origin:      USSR 
 Eff Length:  1,201 Bytes 
 Type Code:   PNCK - Parasitic Non-Resident .COM Infector 
 Detection Method:  AVTK, IBMAV, Sweep, F-Prot, ViruScan, 
                    NAV, NAVDX, VAlert, PCScan, ChAV, 
                    Sweep/N, NShld, Innoc, NProt, AVTK/N, NAV/N, IBMAV/N, 
                    LProt 
 Removal Instructions:  Delete infected Files 
 
 General Comments: 
       The UFA-1201 virus was submitted in December, 1992, and is originally 
       from the USSR.  UFA-1201 is a non-resident, direct action infector of 
       .COM programs, including COMMAND.COM. 
 
       When a program infected with the UFA-1201 virus is executed, the 
       UFA-1201 virus will infect two .COM programs located in the current 
       directory.  Infected programs will have a file length increase of 
       1,201 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 
       UFA-1201 viral code: 
 
               "*.com" 
 
       It is unknown what UFA-1201 may do besides replicate.

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