Deranged Virus

Virus Name: Deranged Aliases: V Status: Rare Discovered: April, 1993 Symptoms: .EXE file growth; beeping from system speaker; system hangs Origin: Unknown Eff Length: 419 Bytes Type Code: PNE - Parasitic Non-Resident .EXE Infector Detection Method: ViruScan, AVTK, F-Prot, Sweep, IBMAV, NAV, NAVDX, VAlert, PCScan, ChAV, Sweep/N, NShld, AVTK/N, NProt, IBMAV/N, Innoc, NAV/N, LProt Removal Instructions: Delete infected files General Comments: The Deranged virus was submitted in April, 1993. Its origin or point of isolation is unknown. Deranged is a non-resident, direct action infector of .EXE programs. When a program infected with the Deranged virus is executed, the Deranged virus will infect all of the .EXE programs located in the current directory. Beeping on the system speaker may then occur, and/or possibly a system hang. Programs infected with the Deranged virus will have a file length increase of 419 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 Deranged infected programs: "*.EXE .." "The Deranged Virus 1.0" "Criminal Behaviour"