Variants of this virus were uploaded to different Bulletin Board Systems in Slovenia during September 1995 as trojanized versions of ARJ and PKZIP (ARJ250.EXE, PKZ205.EXE).
FITW infects COM and EXE files, boot sectors on both floppies and MBRs on hard drives.
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.
The virus contains an encrypted text "Fart in the wind". The virus activates on certain dates. At this time, it will try to overwrite the hard disk with random data while displaying the following (otherwise encrypted) text. The text is displayed one at a time, displaying a new letter every time a key is pressed. Ctrl-Alt-Del is disabled during overwriting.
The "FartStorm" coded by Demon Emperor >Big hello to Cmoskiller & Xorboot< Are you wild? Hey don't... wait... let us talk... No? Be off lame fuckhead!
Due to a bad coding, the text does not always get displayed. Cmoskiller and Xorboot are names of two previous viruses that appeared in Slovenia during 1995.
Fitw is highly polymorphic, and it was the first virus to be really polymorphic in the boot sectors as well.
Variant:Fitw.3794
This is a smaller variant, which only infects COM and EXE files.
It activates on Mondays when the day of the month is 2, 4, 6 or 8.
See: Hare