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Amiga Virus Encyclopedia
Gaddafi Virus
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======= Computer Virus Catalog 1.2: GADDAFI Virus (5-June-1990) =======
Entry...............: GADDAFI Virus
Alias(es)...........: --
Virus Strain........: --
Virus detected when.: January 1989
where.: Elmshorn, FRG
Classification......: system virus (bootblock), 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.....: 1.2/33.180
Computer model(s)...: AMIGA 500, AMIGA 1000, AMIGA 2000A, AMIGA 2000B
--------------------- Attributes --------------------------------------
Easy Identification.: typical text: 'GADDAFI VIRUS ! Spreading strictly
forbitten !!!(c)88 JG For update service
call:0222/1597' (phone number of the austrian
lotto association)
Type of infection...: self-identification method: ---
system infection: RAM resident, reset resident,
bootblock
Infection Trigger...: reset (CONTROL + Left-AMIGA + Right-AMIGA)
operation: any access on bootblock (sectors 0/1)
Storage media affected: only floppy disks (3.5" and 5.25")
Interrupts hooked...: ---
Damage..............: permanent damage: overwriting bootblock
possibly malfunction of drives DF0: or DF1:
by misusing their stepper motors
transient damage: stepper motors of drives DF0:
and DF1: are used after 7th reset to produce
some 'sounds'
Damage Trigger......: permanent damage: reset
operation: any access on bootblock
transient damage: after 7th reset
Particularities.....: uses DoIOVector
other resident programs using the system resident
list (KickTagPointer, KickMemPointer) or one
of the capture vectors are shut down, CoolCap-
ture vector is used as entry to initialize the
resident structure for the virus
ColdCapture and CoolCapture vector are initia-
lized with adress $00040258 (after 7th reset)
where a program may lay or not, normally causes
an error in execbase structure (yellow screen
during system reboot)
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: 'VCHECKVECTORS 2.2'
'VIRUSX 4.0'
Category 4: Vaccine: ---
Category 5: Hardware Methods: ---
Category 6: Cryptographic Methods: ---
Countermeasures successful: 'CHECKVECTORS 2.2','GUARDIAN 1.2',
'VIRUSX 4.0'
Standard means......: 'CHECKVECTORS 2.2'
--------------------- Acknowledgement ---------------------------------
Location............: Virus Test Center, University Hamburg, FRG
Classification by...: Oliver Meng, Wolfram Schmidt
Documentation by....: Alfred Manthey Rojas
Date................: 5-June-1990
Information Source..: ---
===================== End of GADDAFI Virus ============================
Antivirus removal...: Kickstart 1.2 & 1.3 : VT-Schutz v3.17
Kickstart all others: VirusZ III, and also Xvs.library must be installed
Ascii of Gadaffi virus:
