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     Amiga Virus Encyclopedia
     Mad III & IIIB Virus - Byte-Warrior clone
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     Name         : Mad III & Mad IIIb

     Aliases      : No Aliases

     Original     : Byte Warrior - Read test of the original virus 

     Type         : Bootblock
     
     Size         : 1024 bytes
     
     Incidence    : No Incidence

     Discovered   : 6 august 1991

     Way to infect: -

     Rating       : Not very dangerous

     Kickstarts   : 1.2

     Damage       : Overwrites bootblock

     Visible text : By Hacker & Cracker gmbh

     Comments     : Mad III:  4d414400 4949493c 000813fc 000200bf MAD.III < ........
                    Mad IIIb: 4d414420 4949493c 000813fc 000200bf MAD III < ........
                    The difference is 00 is changed to 20
                    
                    The change seems to have been done, without realising that
                    DASA0.2 is a command chain and not text.

     Removal      : Kickstart 1.2 & 1.3 : VT-Schutz v3.17
                    Kickstart all others: VirusZ III with Xvs.library installed
   
     Test made by : Jan Andersen, Virus Help Team 


     Ascii of Mad 3 virus