Velvet

Alias:
Strain:-
detected when:
where:
Classification:COM-infector
Length:0

Preconditions

Operating System(s):MS-DOS
Version/Release:
Computer model(s):PC's
Caroname:Velvet

Attributes

Easy identification:

Type of Infection:

The virus overwrites the beginning of the file, appending the overwritten part after the end of the file. Selfrec in memory: None Selfrec on disk: if (File[1]+File[8]==0FFFEh)

Infection Technique:
Infection Trigger:(LengthCOM>=2300) and (LengthCOM=<61000)
Storage Media affected:
Interrupts hooked:None
Stealth:
Tunneling/Selfprot:
Oligo/Polymorphism:
Encoding Method:
Damage:Transient: Creating file 'vzpomen.si' in root di-rectory. Permanent: None
Damage Trigger:Transient: All .COM files in path and currentdirectory are infected. Permanent: None
Particularities:System date is set to 17.11.1989 wheninfected file is executed, all infectedfiles have this date. Possible significantslowdown of executing infected files. Displayed text: None Not displayed text: "vzpomen.si""17. listopadu 1989 byl patek !!!" The original begin of the program is stored inencrypted form. At the end of file is addes up to255 random bytes.
Similarities:

Agents

Countermeasures:
Standard means:

Acknowledgements

Location:Virus Test Center, University Hamburg, FRG
Classification by:Petr Zahradnicek
Documentation by:Petr Zahradnicek
Date:1993-08-18
Information Source:Caroentry (autom.converter by S.Freitag)

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