==== Computer Virus Catalog 1.2: DESTRUCTOR Virus (31-January-1992) === Entry...............: DESTRUCTOR Virus Alias(es)...........: --- Virus Strain........: --- Virus detected when.: JANUARY 1991 where.: Elmshorn, Germany Classification......: Timebomb (bootblock), resident Length of Virus.....: 1. Length on storage medium: 1,024 byte 2. Length in RAM : 492 byte --------------------- Preconditions ---------------------------------- Operating System(s).: AMIGA-DOS Version/Release.....: 1.2/33.166, 1.2/33.180, 1.3/34.5 Computer model(s)...: AMIGA 500, AMIGA 1000, AMIGA 2000A, AMIGA 200B --------------------- Attributes ------------------------------------- Easy Identification.: Typical text: " Destructor_Virus v 1.2 Written by Aldo Reset. (c) M.C.T. Ltd 1990 - Everything is under control ! (eh!eh!) -" Type of infection...: System infection: bootblock of one disk RAM resident, reset resident Infection Trigger...: reset (=CONTROL+Left-AMIGA+Right-AMIGA) Media affected......: floppy disks (3.5" and 5.25") Interrupts hooked...: --- Damage..............: Permanent damage: destroying the even tracks, beginning at track 2, by writing $AAAA on the disk; you can't access the diskette because the sync mark is corrupted. Transient damage: --- Damage Trigger......: Permanent damage: any reset with a deprotected diskette in drive 0 (diskette must be in drive before triggering reset) Transient damage: --- Particularities.....: If diskette is inserted after triggering reset or if diskette is write.-protected, it will not be destroyed. A program stored in memory at $70000 to $71774 will also be overwritten with $AAAA. 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: witout restrictions: CHECKVECTORS 2.2, VIRUSX 4.0 with restrictions: GUARDIAN 1.2 Standard means......: CHECKVECTORS 2.2 --------------------- Acknowledgement -------------------------------- Location............: Virus Test Center, University Hamburg, FRG Classification by...: Wolfram Schmidt Documentation by....: Wolfram Schmidt Date................: 6-NOVEMBER-1991 Information Source..: --- ===================== End of DESTRUCTOR-Timebomb ====================== [Go back]