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WoodGoblin

ALIAS:WG03-24XX, WG, WG03
SIZE:2413
TYPE:Resident EXE-files

Summary

This is a resident DOS virus which infects EXE files when they are accessed. The infected file is partly encrypted during process. WoodGoblin does not infect files starting with the letters AI, AD, WE, VD, VS, MS, HI and DR.

The virus activates by random, overwriting part of the hard drive.

This text in found inside the virus:

        WG03 Copyright (C) 1995-1996 by WoodGoblin