Barrotes - How to remove Barrotes

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Barrotes
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Common name:	Barrotes
Technical name:	Barrotes.1310.A
Threat level:	Low
Type:	Virus
Effects:	It infects files with an EXE or COM extension. Depending on the system date, it displays several vertical bars on screen.
Affected platforms:	MS-DOS
Detection updated on:	Jan. 20, 2008
Statistics	No
Country of origin:	SPAIN

Brief Description

Barrotes is a resident virus that goes memory resident every time the computer is started up. It is easy to identify this virus because it displays several vertical lines which change color on screen.

Barrotes is considered dangerous because it infects files with EXE and COM extensions. It can even overwrite the Master Boot Record of the hard disk, thereby preventing the user from accessing the hard disk of the computer infected by this virus.

Visible Symptoms

After Barrotes has infected the computer, several symptoms can be noticed:

Firstly, Barrotes checks the system date. If this date is January 5 of any year, it displays several vertical lines which change color on screen.

At the top of the screen it displays the following text: Virus BARROTES por OSOFT.