Rupe1.923

Risk Level 1: Very Low

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Discovered:: April 4, 2001
Updated:: February 13, 2007 11:59:06 AM
Also Known As:: Ruperto1.923
Type:: Virus

Rupe1.923 is a small, encrypted, non-memory-resident virus, which infects only .com files. When an infected file is run, it searches the current directory for .com files and infects the first clean one that it finds. On July 18, before going into an infinite loop, the virus displays the following text:

!Hola! yo soy Ruperto y hoy 18 de Julio es el día de mi activación

Antivirus Protection Dates

Initial Rapid Release version April 9, 2001
Latest Rapid Release version April 9, 2001
Initial Daily Certified version April 9, 2001
Latest Daily Certified version April 9, 2001
Initial Weekly Certified release date pending

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Threat Assessment

Wild

Wild Level: Low
Number of Infections: 0 - 49
Number of Sites: 0 - 2
Geographical Distribution: Low
Threat Containment: Easy
Removal: Easy

Damage

Damage Level: Low

Distribution

Distribution Level: Low

Writeup By: SARC Engineer

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