Cannabis.357 Virus

Virus Name: Cannabis.357 Aliases: V Status: New Discovery: January, 1996 Symptoms: .COM file growth; message displayed Origin: Unknown Eff Length: 357 Bytes Type Code: PNCK - Parasitic Non-Resident .COM Infector Detection Method: ChAV, F-Prot, AVTK, IBMAV, NAV, NAVDX, ViruScan 2.54+, Innoc, AVTK/N, IBMAV/N, NAV/N, NShld Removal Instructions: Delete infected files General Comments: The Cannabis.357 virus was received in January, 1996. Its origin or point of isolation is unknown. It is a non-resident, direct action infector of .COM files, including COMMAND.COM. When a program infected with the Cannabis.357 virus is executed, this virus will infect the first .COM file in the current directory, regardless of whether it was previously infected by this virus. As a result, multiple infections of the virus may be present on the file. Once the virus has infected the file, it will display the following message on the system monitor: "LEGALIZE CANNABIS!!" Programs infected with the Cannabis.357 virus will have a file length increase of 357 bytes for each infection of the virus present on the file. The virus will be located at the beginning 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: "LEGALIZE CANNABIS!!" "*.COM" "This Program is too stoned to operate correctly"