Human Greed Virus

Virus Name: Human Greed Aliases: V Status: Viron Discovered: December, 1994 Symptoms: .EXE file corruption; programs fail to execute properly; may overwrite system hard disk Origin: Unknown Eff Length: 666 Bytes OW Type Code: ONE - Non-Resident Overwriting .EXE Infector Detection Method: F-Prot, AVTK, IBMAV, Sweep, NAV, ChAV, ViruScan, NAVDX, VAlert, PCScan, NProt, IBMAV/N, AVTK/N, Sweep/N, NShld, NAV/N, LProt, Innoc 4.0+ Removal Instructions: Delete infected files General Comments: The Human Greed virus was received in December, 1994. Its origin or point of isolation is unknown. Human Greed is a non-resident, direct action infector of .EXE files. It contains some code to overwrite the system hard disk. When a program infected with the Human Greed virus is executed, this virus will infect some .EXE files located on the system hard disk. Infected files will not increase in size, but will have the first 666 bytes overwritten by the viral code. The file's date and time in the DOS disk directory listing will not be altered. The following text strings are encrypted within the Human Greed viral code: "*.EXE *.COM .." "That is not dead Which can eternal lie Yet with strange aeons Even death may die LiVe AfteR DeATH... Do not wast your time Searching For those wasted years! (c) 93/94 The Unforgiven/Immortal Riot Thanks to Raver and Metal Militia/IR Maria K - Life is limited, love is forever... Open to reality, forever in love... Program too big to fit in memory" "***HUMAN GREED*** The answer of all evil on earth! Do You Belive? Far well!...."