Error 412 Virus

Virus Name: Error 412 Aliases: V Status: Rare Discovered: June, 1993 Symptoms: .COM file growth Origin: Unknown Eff Length: 365 Bytes Type Code: PNCK - Parasitic Non-Resident .COM Infector Detection Method: F-Prot, AVTK, IBMAV, ViruScan, Sweep, NAV, NAVDX, VAlert, PCScan, ChAV, AVTK/N, NShld, Sweep/N, NProt, IBMAV/N, Innoc, NAV/N Removal Instructions: Delete infected files General Comments: The Error 412 virus was submitted in June, 1993. Its origin or point of isolation is unknown. Error 412 is a non-resident, direct action infector of .COM programs, including COMMAND.COM. When a program infected with the Error 412 virus is executed, this virus will infect one .COM program located in the current directory. Infected programs will have a file length increase of 365 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 Error 412 infected programs: "..\*.com" "????????COM" "ERuntime error 412 at 0697:4870" It is unknown what Error 412 does besides replicate.