%%File: VIRS0129.TXT
%%Name/Aliases: Anthrax, Anthrax PT
%%Platform: PC/MS-DOS
%%Type: Boot sector., Program.
%%Disk Location: COM application., EXE application., Floppy disk boot 
sector., Hard disk partition table.
%%Features: Multipartite
%%Damage: Trashes the hard disk
%%Size: 1024
%%See Also: 
%%Notes: Infects both boot sectors and files.       
Trashes hard disks.   
MS-DOS 6's antivirus routine detects some, but not all infections by 
Anthrax.       
v6-137: this is a multipartite virus that infects COM and EXE files, and 
the MBR. Replace all infected files with clean copies, and clean the MBR 
(if infected)
v6-141: "...Once on a computer, it acts as a non-resident virus and 
infects only the files on the first DOS partition. It never infects 
anything on diskettes. Even if you copy an infected file on a diskette 
and execute it from there on a clean machine, the virus will not infect 
that machine - it doesn't infect when the floppy disk motor is on. The 
only way to get infected by it is to download an infected file, or to 
copy an infected file on the hard disk and to execute it from there. The 
only known cases of this virus in the wild were caused by downloading an 
infected program from a BBS and executing it...."