Name : Gremlin Aliases : No alias Type/Size : Boot virus/ 1024 bytes Discovered : 16-10-90 Way to infect: See below Rating : Not very dangerous Kickstarts : 1.2/1.3/2.0 Damage : Overwrites bootblock Manifestation: DisplayAlert Removal : Install the virus bootblock Comments : If you are booting with a GREMLIN-Virus infected disk disk the virus copies itself to $7F400. To infect other disks the virus patches the DoIO()-Vector. Additionally the virus changes the CoolCapture to stay resdient in memory. Finally the virus patches the SumKickData-Vector from the exec.lib. If a value reaches 20480 the virus executes an endless routine & shows some colors. After the 16.th reboot the virus gives out a GFX-Message. (Red Screen + White Letters) and you will get the following graphic message on your screen: GREMLIN (at a red background) SHI - A.D 8-94 [Go back]