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Dir_II.A
Aliases: Creeping Death Size: 1024 bytes Frequency: 2
Characteristics:
- Infects COM files
- Infects EXE files
- Memory resident
- Full stealth
- Has design flaw that corrupts data
Information:
The virus "infects" directory clusters by changing the first file cluster of each COM and EXE to point to itself. The virus is full stealth, but stealths at the DOS, not BIOS, level. The virus does not function correctly under recent versions of DOS.
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