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Frodo.Frodo.A - Virus Details


Frodo.Frodo.A

Aliases: 4096
Size: 4096 bytes
Frequency: 1

Characteristics:
  • Infects COM files
  • Infects EXE files
  • Memory resident
  • Full stealth
  • Contains encrypted text
  • Seeks COMMAND.COM and infects it
  • Has design flaw that corrupts data
Information:
    "Frodo Lives!" Contains code intended to overwrite the boot sector with code to print the encrypted message. The dud warhead triggers from September 22 and later in any year, but only hangs the system.
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