= Computer Virus Catalog 1.2: TOMATES_GENTECHNIC Virus (31-July-1993) == Entry...............: Timebomb_Vir.Tomates_Gentechnik Virus Alias(es)...........: --- Virus Strain........: TimeBomb_Vir.1_0 BootBlock Virus Virus detected when.: --- where.: --- Classification......: System virus (bootblock), memory 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/all, 1.3/all, 2.0/all Computer model(s)...: All models --------------------- Attributes --------------------------------------- Easy Identification.: Typical text: "TOMATES-GENTECHNIC-V I R U S !" "FUCK YOURSELF, FREAK" Type of infection...: Bootblock infector Infection Trigger...: Booting from an infected diskette Storage media affected: Only floppy disks (3.5" and 5.25") in drive 0 Interrupts hooked...: --- Damage..............: Permanent damage: Overwriting bootblock+rootblock Transient damage: --- Damage Trigger......: Permanent damage: Booting from an infected disk Transient damage: --- Particularities.....: --- Similarities........: --- --------------------- Agents ------------------------------------------- Countermeasures.....: VirusZ 3.06, VT 2.54, BootX 5.23,VirusChecker 6.28 Countermeasures successful: VirusZ 3.06, VT 2.54, BootX 5.23, VirusChecker 6.28 Standard means......: VT 2.54 --------------------- Acknowledgement ---------------------------------- Location............: Virus Test Center, University Hamburg, FRG Classification by...: Jens Vogler Documentation by....: Jens Vogler Date................: 31-July 1993 Information Source..: Reverse analysis of virus code / Heiner Schneegold ===================== End of TOMATES_GENTECHNIC Virus ================== [Go back]