===== Computer Virus Catalog 1.2: "A.S.S. 1.0" Virus (5-June-1990) ==== Entry...............: "A.S.S. 1.0" Antivirus Virus Alias(es)...........: --- Virus Strain........: --- Virus detected when.: OCTOBER 1989 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.....: 1.2/33.180 Computer model(s)...: AMIGA 500, AMIGA 1000, AMIGA 2000A, AMIGA 2000B --------------------- Attributes -------------------------------------- Easy Identification.: typical text: 'This bootblock protect your AMIGA against BYTE BANDIT', 'Something wonderful has fiddled with the CoolCapture() pointer (Probably the SCA-Virus) and has been eleminated *** Thanks to the ASS VIRUS PROTECTOR V1.0 ***', 'Something wonderful has fiddled with the Resident() pointer (Probably the ByteBandit-Virus) and has been eleminated *** Thanks to the ASS VIRUS PROTECTOR V1.0 ***' Type of infection...: self-identification method: kicktag pointer normally set to $0007F300 and the virus compares the second word of this adress with $F300 system infection: RAM resident, reset resident Infection Trigger...: --- Storage media affected: tests floppy disks (3.5" and 5.25") for BYTE BANDIT, SCA and SCA clones Interrupts hooked...: vertical blank interrupt (IV 5) Damage..............: permanent damage: --- transient damage: screen buffer manipulation: message when detecting a known virus (see above) Damage Trigger......: permanent damage: CoolCapture is set to system default, KickTag pointer is modified with A.S.S. entry, DoIO vector is set to system default (Kickstart 1.2 Release 33.180) transient damage: message when detecting a known virus (see above) Particularities.....: other resident programs using the system resident list (KickTagPointer) or the CoolCapture pointer are shut down detects BYTE BANDIT, SCA (and SCA clones) Similarities........: produces a sequence of notes similar to the SYSTEM Z (antivirus) virus series --------------------- 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: 'CHECKVECTORS 2.2', 'GUARDIAN 1.2', 'VIRUSX 4.0' Standard means......: 'CHECKVECTORS 2.2' --------------------- Acknowledgement --------------------------------- Location............: Virus Test Center, University Hamburg, FRG Classification by...: Alfred Manthey Rojas, Wolfram Schmidt Documentation by....: Alfred Manthey Rojas Date................: 5-June-1990 Information Source..: --- ===================== End of "A.S.S 1.0" Virus ======================== [Go back]