Tiny Virus

Alias:V163
Strain:
detected when:---
where:---
Classification:Program virus, direct action COM infector
Length:163 bytes added to COM files

Preconditions

Operating System(s):MS-DOS
Version/Release:2.0 and up
Computer model(s):Any IBM-compatibles
Caroname:Danish_Tiny.163

Attributes

Easy identification:File size increases by 163 bytes

Type of Infection:

Direct action; appending 163 bytes to COM files

Infection Technique:
Infection Trigger:Executing an infected file will trigger the infection attempt in the local directory.
Storage Media affected:
Interrupts hooked:---
Stealth:
Tunneling/Selfprot:
Oligo/Polymorphism:
Encoding Method:
Damage:---
Damage Trigger:
Particularities:No payload. Will only infect COM files starting with E9h (JMP instruction).
Similarities:

Agents

Countermeasures:
Standard means:

Acknowledgements

Location:Micro-BIT Virus Center RZ Universitaet Karlsruhe
Classification by:Christoph Fischer
Documentation by:Christoph Fischer
Date:16-June-1990
Information Source:

(c) 1996 Virus-Test-Center, University of Hamburg