=== Computer Virus Catalog 1.2: DIGITAL EMOTIONS Virus (20-FEB-1993) === Entry...............: Digital Emotions Virus Alias(es)...........: --- Virus Strain........: --- Virus detected when.: --- where.: --- Classification......: System Virus (Bootblock, Resident) Length of Virus.....: 1. Length on storage medium: 1024 Bytes 2. Length in RAM: 1024 Bytes --------------------- Preconditions ------------------------------------ Operating System(s).: AMIGA-DOS Version/Release.....: 1.2 / 1.3 / 2.04 Computer model(s)...: All AMIGAs --------------------- Attributes --------------------------------------- Easy Identification.: Text: *** DIGITAL EMOTIONS *** in bootblock- dump Type of infection...: Overwriting bootblock, Reset-resident (coolcapture) DoIO calls hooked Infection Trigger...: Reset, disk-access Storage media affected: all drives controlled through DoIO calls with "DOS",0 Bootblocks Interrupts hooked...: --- Damage..............: Permanent Damage: 1. Overwriting bootblock with Virus Code 2. Overwriting first 4 Blocks with "VIRUS " Transient Damage: Displays "Kickstart ROM Corrupted at $c00276" Damage Trigger......: 16 Infections Particularities.....: Overwrites RAM areas at $66000 and $67000 without allocation (may cause damage if device drivers, e.g. harddisk, are stored there) Virus location: $7ec00 (fixed) Similarities........: --- --------------------- Agents ------------------------------------------- Countermeasures.....: Names of tested products of Category 1-6: Category 1: AVM0.235 Category 2: AVM0.235 Category 3: AVM0.235,VC6.034.VT2.40 Category 4: Impossible Category 5: Category 6: New Filesystem wont be affected (DOS,1) Countermeasures successful: AVM0.235,VC6.03,VT2.40 Standard means......: VT2.40 --------------------- Acknowledgement ---------------------------------- Location............: Virus Test Center, University Hamburg, FRG Classification by...: Soenke Freitag Documentation by....: Soenke Freitag Date................: 17-December-1992 Information Source..: Virus Analysis ===================== End of DIGITAL EMOTIONS Virus ==================== [Go back]