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PrintDevil.716 | |
Threat Level DamageDistribution |
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| Common name: | PrintDevil.716 |
| Technical name: | PrintDevil.716 |
| Threat level: | Low |
| Type: | Virus |
| Effects: | When an infected document is printed, it changes one in every 102 characters in the.
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| Affected platforms:
| MS-DOS |
| Detection updated on: | June 25, 1997 |
| Statistics | No |
| Family: | VALENTIN |
Brief Description | |
PrintDevil.716 is an MS DOS virus that infects executable files with a COM extension.
When a document infected by PrintDevil.716 is printed, one in every 102 characters will be modofied.
PrintDevil.716 copies its code in the files that it infects. As a result, these files increase by 716 bytes.
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Visible Symptoms | |
PrintDevil.716 does not display any messages or warnings that indicate that it has infected a computer. One way of checking if this virus has infected a computer is to check, when a file with a COM extension is printed, if one in every 102 characters has been changed.
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