Hates-213 Virus

Virus Name: Hates-213 Aliases: V Status: Rare Discovered: May, 1993 Symptoms: .COM file growth; file date/time changes Origin: Unknown Eff Length: 213 Bytes Type Code: PNCK - Parasitic Non-Resident .COM Infector Detection Method: ViruScan, AVTK, F-Prot, Sweep, NAV, NAVDX, VAlert, IBMAV, ChAV, NShld, NProt, AVTK/N, Sweep/N, Innoc, NAV/N, IBMAV/N Removal Instructions: Delete infected files General Comments: The Hates-213 virus was submitted in May, 1993. Its origin or point of isolation is unknown. Hates-213 is a non-resident, direct action infector of .COM programs, including COMMAND.COM. When a program infected with the Hates-213 virus is executed, this virus will infect one .COM program located in the current directory. Infected programs will have a file length increase of 213 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 have been updated to the system date and time when infection occurred. The following text string is visible within the viral code in all Hates-213 infected programs: "Jesus Hates You*.cOm" Hates-213 doesn't appear to do anything besides replicate.