VHX Virus

Virus Name: VHX Aliases: VHX.322 V Status: New Discovered: January, 1996 Symptoms: .COM file growth; file date = "004-27-94" Origin: Unknown Eff Length: 322 bytes Type Code: PNCK - Parasitic Non-Resident .COM Infector Detection Method: ChAV, F-Prot, AVTK, IBMAV, ViruScan, NAV, NAVDX, Innoc, NProt, AVTK/N, IBMAV/N, NShld, NAV/N Removal Instructions: Delete infected files General Comments: The VHX or VHX.322 virus was received in January, 1996. Its origin or point of isolation is unknown. VHX is a non-resident direct action infector of .COM files, including COMMAND.COM, though it will not infect files located on the A: drive. When a program infected with this virus is executed on the system hard disk, this virus will infect from one to many .COM files located in the current directory. Infected .COM files will have a file length increase of 322 bytes with the virus being located at the end of the file. The program's time in the DOS disk directory listing will not be altered, but the date will have been set to "04-27-94". The following text string is visible within the viral code: "*.COM"