Infect.736 Virus

Virus Name: Infect.736 Aliases: V Status: New Discovered: February, 1995 Symptoms: .COM file growth Origin: Unknown Eff Length: 736 Bytes Type Code: PRsCK - Parasitic Resident .COM Infector Detection Method: F-Prot, NAV, AVTK, Sweep, IBMAV, NAVDX, VAlert, ViruScan, PCScan, ChAV, Sweep/N, NProt, AVTK/N, IBMAV/N, Innoc, NAV/N, NShld, LProt Removal Instructions: Delete infected files General Comments: The Infect.736 virus was received in February, 1995. Its origin or point of isolation is unknown. Infect.736 is a memory resident infector of .COM files, including COMMAND.COM. When the first Infect.736 infected program is executed, this virus will install itself memory resident as a low system memory TSR of 1,056 bytes. Interrupts 1C, 21, and 2E will be hooked by the virus in memory. Once the Infect.736 virus is memory resident, it will infect .COM files when they are executed. Infected files will have a file length increase of 736 bytes with the virus being located at the beginning of the file. The program's date and time in the DOS disk directory listing will not be altered. The following text string is visible within the viral code: " COM"