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Agena (computer virus)

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AGENA 5
Common nameAgena
Technical nameAGENA
AliasesAgena, Agena.723
FamilyN/A
ClassificationVirus
TypeDOS
SubtypeCOM and EXE infector. Replicant.
Isolation1992
Point of isolationUnknown
Point of originUnited States
Author(s)Unknown

Agena is a computer virus first discovered in Spain in September 1992.[1] It is a memory resident,[2] file infecting computer virus which infects .COM and .EXE files, including command.com. Agena becomes memory resident at the top of system memory but below the 640K DOS boundary. Once it is memory resident, Agena infects .COM and .EXE files as they are executed. Infected programs will have a file length increase of 723 to 738 bytes with the virus being located at the end of the file. An infected file's date and time in the DOS disk directory listing are not altered. Total system and available free memory, as indicated by the DOS CHKDSK program, will have decreased by 1,296 bytes. Interrupts 20 and 21 are hooked by the virus. It is unknown what Agena may do besides replicate. No text strings are visible within the viral code in infected programs.

References[edit]

  1. "Agena Virus". VSUM. Retrieved 12 February 2013.
  2. "Virus.DOS.Agena.723". Secure List. Retrieved 12 February 2013.

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