Malware type: File Infector

Aliases: Virus.Win32.Elkern.a (Kaspersky), W32/Elkern.cav.a (McAfee), W32.ElKern.gen (Symantec), W32/Klez.A (Avira), W32/ElKern-A (Sophos),

In the wild: No

Destructive: Yes

Language: English

Platform: Windows

Encrypted: Yes

Description: 
This destructive, per-process, memory-resident file infector attaches itself at the end of PE files (Windows executables).

The virus payload overwrites the contents of files with zeroes, making the files unrecoverable, except through backup. This payload is triggered on either March 13 or September 13.

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Description created: Oct. 26, 2001 10:20:00 AM GMT -0800

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