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Virogen

ALIAS:Offspring
TYPE:Resident EXE-files
SIZE:711

Summary

This simple virus activates on certain dates, displaying this message:

  (c)1993 VG Enterprises
  * Congratulations, You have recieved the privelge of being infected by the
  * Offspring I v0.05. *

Otherwise it just spreads.

The author (known as Virogen) has written several other viruses, including Pinworm, Drunk and Simplex.

Note: McAfee SCAN has had a false alarm of 'VIROGEN' in a file called ADDISP32.DLL from AutoCad LT.

[Analysis: Mikko Hypponen, F-Secure]