IQ Virus

Virus Name: IQ Aliases: IQ.857 V Status: New Discovered: January, 1996 Symptoms: .COM file growth; file date/time seconds = "60" Origin: Unknown Eff Length: 857 Bytes Type Code: PNCK - Parasitic Resident .COM Infector Detection Method: F-Prot, AVTK, IBMAV, ViruScan, NAV, NAVDX, ChAV, AVTK/N, IBMAV/N, NShld, NAV/N, Innoc Removal Instructions: Delete infected files General Comments: The IQ or IQ.857 virus was received in January, 1996. Its origin or point of isolation is unknown. IQ is a non-resident, direct action infector of .COM files, including COMMAND.COM. When a program infected with the IQ virus is executed, this virus will infect all of the previously uninfected .COM files located in the current directory. Infected .COM files will have a file length increase of 857 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 appear to be altered, though the seconds field will have been set to "60". The following text strings are visible within the viral code: "MOUSE" "OINTS.002" "*.*" "*.COM" "BS\NULLMODE\IQNET" It is unknown what the IQ virus may do besides replicate.