Ming Virus

Virus Name: Ming Aliases: Ming.1017 V Status: New Discovered: July, 1994 Symptoms: .COM file growth Origin: Hong Kong Eff Length: 1,017 Bytes Type Code: PNCK - Parasitic Non-Resident .COM Infector Detection Method: F-Prot, AVTK, ViruScan, Sweep, IBMAV, NAV, NAVDX, VAlert, PCScan, ChAV, NProt, NShld, IBMAV/N, Sweep/N, AVTK/N, NAV/N, Innoc Removal Instructions: Delete infected files General Comments: The Ming virus was received in July, 1994. It appears to be from Hong Kong. Ming is a non-resident, direct action infector of .COM files, including COMMAND.COM. When a program infected with the Ming virus is executed, this virus will infect one .COM file located in the current directory. Infected programs will have a file length increase of 1,017 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 visible within the viral code in all Ming infected programs: "Nice To Meet You! Copyright(c) 1-11-1993 By Ming. From Tuen Mun, Hong Kong" "Version 3.10" "COM" "1\SFC" "\ra\menus \ *.com" "files.mnu" "C /C DOOR.BAT *M" The Ming virus may interfer with the functioning of the Remote Access bulletin board package.