Acme (computer virus)

Acme (computer virus)

Computer virus
Fullname = Acme
Common name = Acme
Technical name = Clonewar.247
Family = N/A
Aliases =
Classification = Virus
Type = DOS
Subtype = EXE infector. Replicant.
IsolationDate = 1992
Isolation = Unknown
Origin = United States
Author = Unknown

Acme is a computer virus which infects EXE files. Each time an infected file is executed, Acme may infect an EXE in the current directory by creating a hidden 247 byte long read-only COM file with the same base name. (In DOS, if the file extension is not specified, and two files with the same base name exist, one with .COM and one with .EXE, the .COM file will always be executed first.) Acme is a variant of Clonewar, a spawning virus. Acme is also perhaps a descendant of the small single-step infector Zeno, which is not to be confused with the Zeno programming language.

External links

* [http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/L2.HTM Computer Viruses (A)] , by Probert Encyclopedia
* [http://vil.nai.com/vil/content/v_284.htm Clonewar virus] , by McAfee


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