JVW Virus

Virus Name: JVW Aliases: JVW.928 V Status: New Discovered: February, 1995 Symptoms: .COM file growth Origin: Unknown Eff Length: 928 Bytes Type Code: PNC - Parasitic Non-Resident .COM Infector Detection Method: F-Prot, AVTK, Sweep, IBMAV, VAlert, ViruScan, PCScan, NAV, NAVDX, ChAV, Sweep/N, NProt, AVTK/N, IBMAV/N, NShld, NAV/N, Innoc 4.0+ Removal Instructions: Delete infected files General Comments: The JVW virus was received in February, 1995. Its origin or point of isolation is unknown. JVW is a non-resident, direct action infector of .COM files, but not COMMAND.COM. It may interfer with the functioning of Microsoft Anti-Virus. When a program infected with the JVW virus is executed, this virus will infect up to three .COM files located in the current directory. Infected files will have a file length increase of 928 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 be altered. The following text strings are encrypted within the viral code: "*.COM" "COMMAND.COM \ *.* .. *.MS"