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Amiga Virus Encyclopedia
Destructor Virus
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==== 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 ======================
Antivirus removal...: Kickstart 1.2 & 1.3 : VT-Schutz v3.17
Kickstart all others: VirusZ III with Xvs.library installed
Ascii of Destructor virus:
