Berlusca Virus

Virus Name: Berlusca Aliases: V Status: Rare Discovery: July, 1994 Symptoms: .COM file growth Origin: Unknown Eff Length: 929 Bytes Type Code: PNCK - Parasitic Non-Resident .COM Infector Detection Method: F-Prot, IBMAV, AVTK, ViruScan, Sweep, NAV, NAVDX, VAlert, PCScan, ChAV, AVTK/N, Sweep/N, IBMAV/N, NShld, NProt, NAV/N, Innoc Removal Instructions: Delete infected files General Comments: The Berlusca virus was received in July, 1994. Its origin or point of isolation is unknown. Berlusca is a non-resident, direct action infector of .COM files, including COMMAND.COM. When a program infected with the Berlusca virus is executed, this virus will infect one .COM file located in the current directory. Infected programs will have a file length increase of 929 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 visible within the viral code in all infected programs: "*.com" "usta" It is unknown what Berlusca might do besides replicate.