Name         : Lame Blame

     Aliases      : Taipan Lame Blanme

     Type/Size    : Boot/1024

     Clones       : Cheater Hi Jacker

     Symptoms     : No Symptoms

     Discovered   : 17-07-91

     Way to infect: Boot infection

     Rating       : Harmless

     Kickstarts   : 1.2/1.3/2.0

     Damage       : Overwrites boot.

     Removal      : Install boot.

     Comments     : The LameBlame virus  allocates  CHIP-Memory  for it`s
                    location.  After Copying  the  virus into  this  AREA
                    it  patches the  CoolCapture  vector and  the  DoIO()
                    to infect other disks.

                    The whole  virusbootblock  will be crypted by an byte
                    depending of $dff006 so  you can`t read any  texts in
                    the bootblock.

                    The  virus  isn`t  dangerous  for HD-Users because it
                    tests for the trackdisk.device. After every 8th Alert
                    the virus gives ount an ALERT:

                    "LameBlame! by Tai-Pan - Nimber of Copys:0002"




      SHI - A.D 08-94

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