FWord-383 Virus


 Virus Name:  FWord-383 
 Aliases:     383 
 V Status:    Rare 
 Discovered:  August, 1993 
 Symptoms:    .COM file growth 
 Origin:      Unknown 
 Eff Length:  383 Bytes 
 Type Code:   PNCK - Parasitic Non-Resident .COM Infector 
 Detection Method:  F-Prot, AVTK, Sweep, ViruScan, NAV, 
                    IBMAV, NAVDX, VAlert, PCScan, ChAV, 
                    Sweep/N, NShld, AVTK/N, IBMAV/N, Innoc, NAV/N 
 Removal Instructions:  Delete infected files 
 
 General Comments: 
       The FWord-383 virus was submitted in August, 1993.  Its origin or 
       point of isolation is unknown.  FWord-383 is a non-resident, direct 
       action infector of .COM programs, including COMMAND.COM. 
 
       When a program infected with the FWord-383 virus is executed, this 
       virus will infect one .COM program located in the current directory. 
       Infected programs will have a file length increase of 383 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 
       FWord-383 infected programs: 
 
               "FUCK YOU" 
               "*.COM" 

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