OLD_YANKE.1641

October 09, 2012
 Analysis by: Christopher Daniel So
 ALIASES:

Old Yankee.Bandit (Symantec), Bandit-1641 (Sophos), Virus.DOS.YanShort.Bandit (Kaspersky), Vgen/21940.512 (Avira), Old_Yankee.1641 (exact) (F-Prot), Oldyank.1641 (McAfee)

 PLATFORM:

DOS

 OVERALL RISK RATING:
 DAMAGE POTENTIAL:
 DISTRIBUTION POTENTIAL:
 REPORTED INFECTION:

  • Threat Type: File infector

  • Destructiveness: No

  • Encrypted: No

  • In the wild: Yes

  OVERVIEW

Infection Channel:

Infects files

This file infector arrives by executing infected files. If this virus is executed on a Monday, it corrupts the first track of drive C.

  TECHNICAL DETAILS

File Size:

Varies

File Type:

EXE

Memory Resident:

No

Initial Samples Received Date:

04 Jan 2000

File Infection

This file infector infects the following file types:

  • .EXE

NOTES:

This file infector arrives by executing infected files. If this virus is executed on a Monday, it corrupts the first track of drive C.

  SOLUTION

Minimum Scan Engine:

9.200

VSAPI OPR PATTERN File:

0.641.00

VSAPI OPR PATTERN Date:

06 Jan 2000

Step 1

For Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 users, before doing any scans, please make sure you disable System Restore to allow full scanning of your computer.

Step 2

Scan your computer with your Trend Micro product to clean files detected as OLD_YANKE.1641. If the detected files have already been cleaned, deleted, or quarantined by your Trend Micro product, no further step is required. You may opt to simply delete the quarantined files. Please check this Knowledge Base page for more information.


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