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Amiga Virus Encyclopedia
Gurke Bootvirus
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Name : Gurke
Other name : Unknown 4
Type : Bootblock
Size : 1024 bytes
Original : -
Symptoms : No Sypmtoms
Discovered : 8 may 2020
Origin : -
Way to infect: Boot infection
Rating : Middel
Kickstarts : 1.3 - Yes
2.0 - Yes
3.1 - Yes
Damage : Overwrites Bootblock
Symptomatic : 12 operations detected
Information : The checksum changes with each mutation
Comments : cmd read from disk:
cmp.b #1,$1D(A1)
cmd write to disk:
cmp.b #3,$1D(A1)
cmd.format to disk:
cmp.b #$0B.$1D(A1)
Text in virus: -
Picture : Displays a picture with the test 'GURKE'
Removal : VirusZ III, and also Xvs.library must be installed
Credit : Thanks to CrashDisk for sending this to Virus Help Team
Test made by : Jan Andersen, Virus Help Team
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Ascii of Unknown 4 bootblock virus: