Billy Virus

Virus Name: Billy Aliases: Billy.836 V Status: New Discovery: January, 1996 Symptoms: .EXE file growth Origin: Unknown Eff Length: 836 - 853 Bytes Type Code: PNE - Parasitic Non-Resident .EXE Infector Detection Method: F-Prot, AVTK, IBMAV, ViruScan, NAV, NAVDX, ChAV, Innoc, NProt, AVTK/N, IBMAV/N, NShld, NAV/N Removal Instructions: Delete infected files General Comments: The Billy virus was received in January, 1996. Its origin or point of isolation is unknown. Billy is a non-resident, direct action infector of .EXE files. When a program infected with the Billy virus is executed, this virus will infect up to five .EXE files located in the current directory. Infected programs will have a file length increase of 836 to 853 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: "*.EXE" "Hi folks, I'm the Billy Ray Virus and I'm here to sing my number one" "smash hit, Achey Breaky Hard Disk." It is unknown what Billy may do besides replicate.