DLSU Virus


 Virus Name:  DLSU     
 Aliases:    
 V Status:    Rare 
 Discovered:  January, 1994 
 Symptoms:    .COM file growth; file date/time changes 
 Origin:      Unknown 
 Eff Length:  477 Bytes 
 Type Code:   PNC - Parasitic Non-Resident .COM Infector 
 Detection Method:  ViruScan, Sweep, F-Prot, AVTK, IBMAV, 
                    NAV, NAVDX, VAlert, PCScan, ChAV, 
                    LProt, NShld, Sweep/N, NProt, AVTK/N, IBMAV/N, NAV/N, 
                    Innoc 
 Removal Instructions:  Delete infected files 
 
 General Comments: 
       The DLSU virus was submitted in January, 1994.  Its origin or point of 
       isolation is unknown.  DLSU is a non-resident, direct action infector 
       of .COM programs, but not COMMAND.COM. 
 
       When a program infected with the DLSU virus is executed, this virus 
       will infect one .COM files in the current directory.  Infected files 
       will have a file length increase of 477 bytes with the virus being 
       located at the beginning of the file.  The file's date and time in the 
       DOS disk directory listing will have been updated to the current 
       system date and time when infection occurred.  The following text 
       strings are visible within the viral code in all DLSU infected 
       programs: 
 
               "*.com *.*" 
               "????????COM" 

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