<s>
Abraxas	B-Application
,	O
also	O
known	O
as	O
Abraxas5	O
,	O
discovered	O
in	O
April	O
1993	O
,	O
is	O
an	O
encrypted	O
,	O
overwriting	O
,	O
file	O
infecting	O
computer	O
virus	O
which	O
infects	O
.COM	O
and	O
.EXE	O
files	O
,	O
although	O
it	O
does	O
not	O
infect	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Each	O
time	O
an	O
infected	O
file	O
is	O
executed	O
,	O
Abraxas	B-Application
infects	O
the	O
copy	O
of	O
located	O
in	O
the	O
C:\DOS	O
directory	O
(	O
creating	O
the	O
file	O
if	O
it	O
does	O
not	O
exist	O
)	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
one	O
EXE	O
file	O
in	O
the	O
current	O
directory	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Abraxas-infected	O
files	O
will	O
become	O
1,171	O
bytes	B-Application
in	O
length	O
and	O
contain	O
Abraxas	B-Application
 '	O
viral	O
code	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
file	O
's	O
date	O
and	O
time	O
in	O
the	O
DOS	B-Device
disk	O
directory	O
listing	O
will	O
be	O
set	O
to	O
the	O
system	O
date	O
and	O
time	O
when	O
infection	O
occurred	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
following	O
text	O
strings	O
can	O
be	O
found	O
within	O
the	O
viral	O
code	O
in	O
all	O
Abraxas	B-Application
infected	O
programs	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Execution	O
of	O
infected	O
programs	O
will	O
also	O
result	O
in	O
the	O
display	O
of	O
a	O
graphic	O
"	O
ABRAXAS	B-Application
"	O
on	O
the	O
system	O
display	O
,	O
accompanied	O
by	O
an	O
ascending	O
scale	O
being	O
played	O
on	O
the	O
system	O
speaker	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Abraxas	B-Application
was	O
created	O
with	O
the	O
PS-MPC	O
virus	O
creation	O
tool	O
,	O
which	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
create	O
similar	O
,	O
easily	O
detected	O
viruses	O
,	O
which	O
are	O
usually	O
encrypted	O
as	O
well	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ARCV-n	B-Application
(	O
computer	O
virus	O
)	O
Remark	O
:	O
ARCV	O
group	O
has	O
also	O
produced	O
viruses	O
with	O
the	O
TPE	O
and	O
developed	O
the	O
ARCV	O
strain	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
name	O
"	O
Abraxas	B-Application
"	O
was	O
also	O
used	O
for	O
a	O
virus	O
in	O
the	O
video	O
game	O
Tron	B-Application
:	I-Application
Evolution	I-Application
.	O
</s>
