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F-Secure Virus Descriptions : Finnpoly





NAME:Finnpoly
ALIAS:FI.2173, Ebola
TYPE:Resident COM-files
ORIGIN:Finland

This is a Finnish polymorphic virus which infects COM and EXE files when they are executed or opened. Finnpoly activates in the year 1996 and after, when day equals month (eg. 1st of January, 2nd of February etc). At this time the virus displays defamation messages on Finnish antivirus companies and hangs the machine.

The author of the virus is not known. If you get infected by Finnpoly, please contact F-Secure anti-virus support.

[Analysis: Mikko Hypponen, F-Secure]