Filename Virus

Virus Name: Filename Aliases: V Status: Rare Discovered: June, 1993 Symptoms: .COM file growth; file date/time seconds = 42 Origin: Unknown Eff Length: 512 Bytes Type Code: PNC - Parasitic Non-Resident .COM Infector Detection Method: F-Prot, AVTK, ViruScan, Sweep, NAV, IBMAV, NAVDX, VAlert, PCScan, ChAV, AVTK/N, NShld, Sweep/N, NAV/N, NProt, IBMAV/N, Innoc Removal Instructions: Delete infected files General Comments: The Filename virus was submitted in June, 1993. Its origin or point of isolation is unknown. Filename is a non-resident, direct action infector of .COM files, but not COMMAND.COM. It also does not infect very small .COM files. When a program infected with the Filename virus is executed, this virus will infect one .COM program located in the current directory. Infected programs will have a file length increase of 512 bytes with the virus being located at the beginning of the program. The file's date and time in the DOS disk directory listing will not appear to have been altered, though the seconds field will have been set to "42". The following text string is visible within the viral code in all Filename infected programs: "*.COM V" It is unknown what Filename may do besides replicate.