Barcelona Virus

Virus Name: Barcelona Aliases: V Status: Rare Discovery: December, 1991 Symptoms: .COM file growth; file date/time change; TSR Origin: Spain Eff Length: 1,792 Bytes Type Code: PRsC - Parasitic Resident .COM Infector Detection Method: ViruScan, Sweep, F-Prot, AVTK, NAV, ChAV, IBMAV, NAVDX, VAlert, PCScan, NShld, LProt, Sweep/N, Innoc, NProt, AVTK/N, NAV/N, IBMAV/N Removal Instructions: Delete infected files General Comments: The Barcelona virus was received from Barcelona, Spain, in December, 1991. Barcelona is a memory resident infector of .COM programs based on the Jerusalem virus. When the first Barcelona infected program is executed, the Barcelona virus will install itself memory resident as a low system memory TSR of 2,096 bytes. It will have hooked interrupt 21. Once Barcelona is memory resident, it will infect .COM programs when they are executed. Infected programs will have a file length increase of 1,792 bytes with the virus being located at the beginning of the file. The file's date and time in the DOS disk directory will have been updated to the current system date and time when infection occurred. The following text strings can be found within the viral code in Barcelona infected files: "CATALUNYA" "CATALUNYA LLIURE" "FORA LES FORCES D`OCUPACIO" "MORT ALS TERRORISTES TRICORNUTS" It is unknown if Barcelona carries any damage potential. See: Jerusalem