=== Computer Virus Catalog 1.2: ALIEN NEW BEAT Virus (15-July-1991) == Entry...............: ALIEN NEW BEAT Virus Alias(es)...........: --- Virus Strain........: --- Virus detected when.: 1990 where.: Elmshorn, FRG Classification......: system virus (bootblock), resident Length of Virus.....: 1.length on storage medium : 1024 byte 2.length in RAM : 1024 byte --------------------- Preconditions ---------------------------------- Operating System(s).: AMIGA-DOS Version/Release.....: 1.2/33.166, 1.2/33.180 and 1.3/34.20 Computer model(s)...: AMIGA 500, AMIGA 1000, AMIGA 2000A, AMIGA 2000B --------------------- Attributes ------------------------------------- Easy Identification.: typical text on bootblock: ' THIS IS THE ALIEN NEW BEAT BOOT! THE BOOT ' 'WHICH CREATES A NEW DIMENSION IN MEMORY. THIS' ' IS A NEW STYLE OF VIRUS HUNTING!!! 179092 V' '1.0 Ir 04/01/1989 ' ' You won't believe it, but this thing' ' kills the SCA, ByteBandit, Dasa (ByteWarrior)' ', AIDS AND NorthStar virus!!!!!' Self-identification.: String 'DO' at address $20000 Type of infection...: System infection : RAM resident, reset resident, bootblock Infection Trigger...: reset, any disk access Storage media affected: only floppy disks (3.5" and 5.25") Interrupts hooked...: --- Damage..............: Permanent damage: overwriting bootblock, allocates 1296 Bytes at address $20000 Transient damage: some beeps and a black screen with a few colored lines, then screen becomes green Damage Trigger......: Permanent damage: reset, any DoIO-Function call Transient damage:after 65535 DoIO-Function calls Particularities.....: uses SartIOVector; FindResident Function is changed; other resident programs using system resident list (KickTagPointer) are shutdown; copy counter at address $2037E; DoIO-Function call counter at address $20410 Similarities........: --- --------------------- Agents ----------------------------------------- Countermeasures.....: Names of tested products of Category 1-6: Category 1: .2 Monitoring System Vectors: CHECKVECTORS 2.2 .3 Monitoring System Areas: CHECKVECTORS 2.2, GUARDIAN 1.2, VIRUSX 4.0' Category 2: Alteration Detection: --- Category 3: Eradication: CHECKVECTORS 2.2 VIRUSX 4.0 Category 4: Vaccine: --- Category 5: Hardware Methods: --- Category 6: Cryptographic Methods : --- Countermeasures successful: without restrictions: CHECKVECTORS 2.2, VIRUSX 4.0, GUARDIAN 1.2 Standard means......: CHECKVECTORS 2.2 --------------------- Acknowledgement -------------------------------- Location............: Virus Test Center, University Hamburg, Germany Classification by...: Wolfram Schmidt Documentation by....: Wolfram Schmidt Date................: 15-July-1991 Information Source..: --- ===================== End of ALIEN NEW BEAT ========================== [Go back]