IVP stands for Instan Virus Producer. This is a virus creating program written by a group called YAM. There are well over 100 different variant created with it in the circulation. Typical viruses created with IVP are simple and buggy COM and EXE infectors.
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.
One IVP variant, IVP.647.B, become relatively widespread in the summer of 1996, as it was distributed over the internet.
Variant:IVP.848 (Die Hard 2)
This is a direct action infector. It infects COM and EXE files which will increase by 848 bytes in size. The body of the virus is encrypted. The virus activates on 7th of June, every year after 1995. At this time it displays this message:
*** SW DIE HARD 2 (The Return of the Doom) *** Thanks God for making me alive again! [IVP]
After this the virus overwrites 1996 (or 1997, 1998 etc.) sectors from the hard drive.
The virus also contains these texts which are not displayed by the virus:
Die Hard 2 (The Unbeatable) Sailor Moon
IVP.868 virus is not related to Die_Hard virus.
Variant:Bubbles
Some IVP variants are detected as 'Bubbles' by some antivirus products.
See also: VCL, PS-MPC