Viperize Virus

Virus Name: Viperize Aliases: V Status: Rare Discovered: April, 1992 Symptoms: .COM file growth Origin: Unknown Eff Length: 934 Bytes Type Code: PNCK - Parasitic Non-Resident .COM Infector Detection Method: ViruScan, F-Prot, Sweep, AVTK, ChAV, NAV, IBMAV, NAVDX, VAlert, PCScan, NShld, Sweep/N, LProt, Innoc, NProt, AVTK/N, IBMAV/N, NAV/N Removal Instructions: Delete infected files General Comments: The Viperize virus was submitted in April, 1992. Its origin is unknown. Viperize is a non-resident direct action infector of .COM programs, including COMMAND.COM. It is based on the Vienna virus. When a program infected with Viperize is executed, the Viperize virus will infect one .COM program located in the current directory. Infected programs will have a file length increase of 934 bytes with the virus being located at the end of the file. The seconds in the program's timestamp in the disk directory will have been set to 62. The following text strings can be found within the Viperize viral code in infected programs: "*.COM" "PATH=" "????????COM" Viperize activates on a random basis, at which time it will display the following message: "THE VIPERIZE VIRUS STRAIN A (c) 1992, STINGRAY / VIPER WITH AFFECTION TO BRENDA M.G. ONE OF THESE DAYS, YOU'LL BE MINE! AND -YOU- WILL FRY. FUCK YOU MCAFEEE." The virus may also corrupt the current drive's file allocation table and hang the system when the message is displayed. Known variant(s) of Viperize are: Viperize-B: Functionally similar to the original virus, this variant has two bytes which have been altered. Origin: Unknown July, 1992. See: Generic Vienna