B&B Virus

Virus Name: B&B Aliases: Beavis & Butthead V Status: Rare Discovery: August, 1993 Symptoms: .COM file growth; file and program corruption; programs may not function properly Origin: United States Eff Length: 716 Bytes Type Code: PNCK - Parasitic Non-Resident .COM Infector Detection Method: ViruScan, AVTK, F-Prot, IBMAV, NAV, NAVDX, PCScan, AVTK/N, NShld, IBMAV/N, NProt, NAV/N Removal Instructions: Delete infected files General Comments: The B&B, or Beavis & Butthead, virus was submitted in August, 1993. It is from the United States. This virus is a non-resident, direct action infector of .COM programs, including COMMAND.COM. When a program infected with the B&B virus is executed, this virus will infect one .COM file in the current directory. Infected programs will have a file length increase of 716 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 strings are encrypted within the B&B viral code: "Beavis & Butthead were here. Huhuh." "Dude. check out the secret messages." "This virus sucks." "Huh Hnn Hnn Ahuh" "*.COM" "It is unknown what this virus does besides replicate" "Huh Huhhuh Huhhuh Huh" "*.**Beavis & Butthead Virus, by Primal FuryA*.*" The B&B virus will occassionally corrupt programs and data files, including the hidden system files, by adding 41 bytes to the end of the file. Contained within these 41 bytes will be the following text: "Beavis & Butthead were here. Huhuh. "