What is the E-Morph virus?

Updated: 06/30/2020 by Computer Hope
Computer Virus

The E-Morph virus that is labeled as E-Morph, E-Morph-1696, and E-Morph 1696, infects MS-DOS .COM files, and currently is not known to be a widely spread virus.

The virus is 1696 bytes long and is memory-resident. The virus is not capable of infecting floppy disks nor is it able to infect the hard drive boot record, and it is not encrypted in any way. E-Morph is not a destructive virus and can usually be removed by major virus scanners.