Bowl Virus

Virus Name: Bowl Aliases: Bowl.737 V Status: New Discovery: January, 1996 Symptoms: .COM file growth Origin: Unknown Eff Length: 737 Bytes Type Code: PNC - Parasitic Non-Resident .COM Infector Detection Method: F-Prot, AVTK, IBMAV, ViruScan, NAV, NAVDX, ChAV, PCScan, AVTK/N, IBMAV/N, NShld, NAV/N, Innoc Removal Instructions: Delete infected files General Comments: The Bowl virus was received in January, 1996. Its origin or point of isolation is unknown. Bowl is a non-resident, direct action infector of .COM files, but not COMMAND.COM. When a program infected with the Bow virus is executed, it will infect one .COM file located in the current directory, though this virus does not infect all .COM files. Infected .COM files will have a file length increase of 737 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 viral code: "How DARE YOU try and trace through my code!!!!" "FuQnLaMaH!!!" "Toilet Bowl Virus by The Methyl-Lated Spirit" "This is generation" "of this virus version 1.1 <2nd release>" "Prepare to control your computer as it enters the Toilet Bowl" "+.COM" It is unknown what the Bowl virus may do besides replicate.