All but the first 52 bytes and last byte of the virus are encrypted with a sliding XOR algorithm. The XOR encryption key is incremented after each byte is processed. The seed value is incremented with each new generation of the virus.
If it happens to be the 11th November when the infected program is run, or if the encryption seed is AEh, the beginning of the current program file is overwritten by a 194 byte long program. When this program is run, it just prints the following text and terminates:
FLOWER Support the power of women Use the power of man Support the flower of woman Use the word FUCK The word is love Originally released 7 April '92
After writing the infected program to disk, the virus restores the files date/time field and attributes.
Normally, when the infected file is run, a dummy critical error handler is installed during the infection stage and the virus tries to infect one EXE file in the current directory and one EXE file in the subdirectories of the root directory.
Files which are hidden or read-only are not infected. The file attribute is cleared and restored afterwards if infection did not succeed. On successful infection only the archive bit is restored, and the hidden and read-only attributes are set so as to prevent multiple infection. Infection is done by rounding up the length of the file to the next paragraph and appending.
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.
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