ANXIETY VIRUS

Information about the Anxiety virus:

This virus infects Windows 95 and Windows 98 Executable (EXE) files. The virus stays in memory and it will infect all Windows EXE files that are executed or copied.

Anxiety virus changes the mouse pointer to look like a syringe whenerver an infected program is run.

Anxiety virus first appeared in November 1997 and it is in the wild.

Variants of Anxiety virus:

Anxiety.A and Anxiety.B:

Anxiety.A and Anxiety.B are similar to Anxiety virus but they do not change the mouse cursor. The text contained inside the virus code in these variants also differs from the Anxiety virus.


Other names of Anxiety virus:
This worm is also known as Win95/Anxiety, Harry