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Gotcha

Classification

Category:

Malware

Type:

Virus

Aliases:

  • Gotcha

Summary

Three related viruses, which have not yet been analyzed. They contain the text "GOTCHA!", but it is not known yet when (or if) it is displayed.

Removal

Technical Details

Variant:Gotcha-D

This variant is somewhat different from the rest, and is only 627 bytes long.

Variant:Gotcha-E

The author modified this virus so that it includes bits and pieces from several other viruses, specifically designed to confuse certain scanners.

Variant:Gotcha-F

Yet another variant, 732 bytes long.

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