Filedate 11-537 Virus

Virus Name: Filedate 11-537 Aliases: V Status: Rare Discovered: October, 1992 Symptoms: .EXE file growth; file date/time changed to 8-17-88 2:08a Origin: Unknown Eff Length: 537 - 553 Bytes Type Code: PNE - Parasitic Non-Resident .EXE Infector Detection Method: F-Prot, Sweep, IBMAV, NAV, ViruScan, AVTK, NAVDX, VAlert, PCScan, ChAV, LProt, NShld, Sweep/N, Innoc, NProt, AVTK/N, NAV/N, IBMAV/N Removal Instructions: Delete infected files General Comments: The Filedate 11-537 virus was submitted in October, 1992. Its origin or point of isolation is unknown. Filedate 11-537 is a non-resident, direct action infector of .EXE files. When a program infected with the Filedate 11-537 virus is executed, this virus will infect one .EXE program located in the current directory. Infected programs will have a file length increase of 537 to 553 bytes with the virus being located at the end of the program. The file's date and time in the DOS disk directory listing will have been changed to 8-17-88 2:08a. One text string is encrypted within the viral code: "*.EXE" Filedate 11-537 doesn't appear to do anything besides replicate.