Threat Encyclopedia

Selected viruses, spyware, and other threats: sorted alphabetically

IPV.X-Files.1073

This is a simple direct action COM and EXE infector created probably by IPV generator. It increases length of infected files by 1073 bytes. The virus body is non-professionally encrypted with help of the instruction XOR. Upon infection sound reminding shooting of a gun or machine gun can be heard from the speakers. At the same time the virus writes the following text:

Hello World !!! This is X-FILES VIRUS!!! I hate BILL GATES and his WINDOWS95!!! Ludia majte sa radi a ucte sa!!! haha Tento Virus je neskodny COM-EXE infektor, Virus ID je "AB"! Created only for GJH-LOCAL NETWORK! (c) 1997 by HELLBOY! bye-bye

If infecting takes place on Thursday the virus performs after attacking the file a computer “reboot”. In the virus body is also the following text but that is not being displayed:

X-FILES VIRUSHELLBOY

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