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VCG | |
Threat Level Damage Distribution |
At a glance
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Common name: | VCG |
Technical name: | VCG.743 |
Threat level: | Low |
Type: | Virus |
Effects: |
It carries out damaging actions on the affected computer.
It does not spread automatically using its own means.
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Affected platforms:
| MS-DOS |
First detected on: | Oct. 16, 2003 |
Detection updated on: | Oct. 16, 2003 |
Statistics | No |
Brief Description | |
VCG is a virus that spreads to other computers by copying its code to other files or programs. VCG does not spread automatically using its own means. It needs an attacking user's intervention in order to reach the affected computer. The means of transmission used include, among others, floppy disks, CD-ROMs, email messages with attached files, Internet downloads, FTP, IRC channels, peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing networks, etc. VCG uses the following infection strategies: - Resident: once it has been run, the virus goes memory resident and stops functions belonging to the operating system. Therefore, every time the operating system or an application tries to access any of these functions, the virus will activate and infect new files.
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Tech details
Effects |
VCG spreads to other computers by copying its code to other files or programs. It has damaging effects on the affected computer. |
Means of transmission
VCG does not spread automatically using its own means. It needs the attacking user's intervention in order to reach the affected computer. The means of transmission used include, among others, floppy disks, CD-ROMs, email messages with attached files, Internet downloads, FTP, IRC channels, peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing networks, etc.
Further Details
VCG has the following additional characteristics:
- It is written in the programming language Assembler x86-16 bit.
- It is 743 bytes in size.