This virus received considerable distribution, when it was posted to the Virus Alert electronic mailing list, which is intended for urgent messages regarding virus infections.
Based on the settings of your F-Secure security product, it will either move the file to the quarantine where it cannot spread or cause harm, or remove it.
A False Positive is when a file is incorrectly detected as harmful, usually because its code or behavior resembles known harmful programs. A False Positive will usually be fixed in a subsequent database update without any action needed on your part. If you wish, you may also:
Check for the latest database updates
First check if your F-Secure security program is using the latest updates, then try scanning the file again.
Submit a sample
After checking, if you still believe the file is incorrectly detected, you can submit a sample of it for re-analysis.
Note: If the file was moved to quarantine, you need to collect the file from quarantine before you can submit it.
Exclude a file from further scanning
If you are certain that the file is safe and want to continue using it, you can exclude it from further scanning by the F-Secure security product.
Note: You need administrative rights to change the settings.
Just like the "Stupid" virus, it will only work on machines with at least 640K memory. It activates on September 1st, and stays active until December 31st. While active, it will corrupt all disk writes, deleting the first ten characters of any data written to the disk and add ten "garbage" characters at the end. This will cause destruction of data files, as well as preventing the compilation of any programs.