IKV 528 Virus

Virus Name: IKV 528 Aliases: IKV-512, Vienna-528 V Status: Rare Discovered: January, 1991 Symptoms: .COM & .EXE growth Origin: Unknown Eff Length: 528 Bytes Type Code: PNCK - Parasitic Non-Resident .COM Infector Detection Method: ViruScan, F-Prot, Sweep, AVTK, ChAV, NAV, IBMAV, NAVDX, VAlert, PCScan, NShld, LProt, Sweep/N, Innoc, AVTK/N, NAV/N, IBMAV/N Removal Instructions: Delete infected files General Comments: The IKV 528 virus was submitted in January, 1991, its origin and isolation point are unknown. This virus is a non-resident infector of .COM files. It will infect COMMAND.COM. When a program infected with IKV 528 is executed, the virus will infect two .COM programs in the current directory. .COM programs which are smaller than 520 bytes will not be infected. Infected .COM programs will increase in length by 528 bytes. The virus will be located at the end of infected programs. The file date and time in the disk directory will not be altered by the virus. This virus does not do anything besides replicate.