Were Here Virus

Virus Name: Were Here Aliases: Here V Status: Rare Discovered: December, 1991 Symptoms: .COM file growth; message Origin: Unknown / Europe Eff Length: 838 - 851 Bytes Type Code: PNCK - Parasitic Non-Resident .COM Infector Detection Method: AVTK, ViruScan, F-Prot, Sweep, NAVDX, NAV, IBMAV, VAlert, PCScan, ChAV, NShld, Sweep/N, LProt, Innoc, NProt, AVTK/N, IBMAV/N, NAV/N Removal Instructions: Delete infected files General Comments: The Were Here virus was discovered in Europe in December, 1991. It is a non-resident direct action infector of .COM programs, including COMMAND.COM. When a program infected with Were Here is executed, the virus will infect one .COM program located in the current directory. If COMMAND.COM resides in this directory, it may become infected. Programs infected with Were Here will have a file length increase of 838 to 851 bytes with the virus being located at the end of the infected file. The program's date and time in the DOS disk directory will not have been altered. The Were Here virus contains code to display the text "We're Here" when an infected program is executed starting in 1992. This text is not, however, always displayed.