Ambulance (computer virus)
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Ambulance is a file infecting computer virus
and it does not become memory resident. It will only infect one .COM
file in any given directory, but will not infect the first one. This means there must be at least two .COM files in the directory for it to spread.
Sometimes when an infected file is executed, an ASCII
ambulance can be seen moving across the bottom part of the screen. A siren sound is also played from the systems speaker.
Ambulance is not a destructive virus; it simply spreads itself around and shows off its payload once in a while.
Computer virus
A computer virus is a computer program that can replicate itself and spread from one computer to another. The term "virus" is also commonly but erroneously used to refer to other types of malware, including but not limited to adware and spyware programs that do not have the reproductive ability...
and it does not become memory resident. It will only infect one .COM
.com
The domain name com is a generic top-level domain in the Domain Name System of the Internet. Its name is derived from commercial, indicating its original intended purpose for domains registered by commercial organizations...
file in any given directory, but will not infect the first one. This means there must be at least two .COM files in the directory for it to spread.
Sometimes when an infected file is executed, an ASCII
ASCII
The American Standard Code for Information Interchange is a character-encoding scheme based on the ordering of the English alphabet. ASCII codes represent text in computers, communications equipment, and other devices that use text...
ambulance can be seen moving across the bottom part of the screen. A siren sound is also played from the systems speaker.
Ambulance is not a destructive virus; it simply spreads itself around and shows off its payload once in a while.
Source
- http://vil.nai.com/vil/content/v_98161.htm
- http://www.codebreakers-journal.com/content/view/193/104/