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Amiga Virus Encyclopedia
GX Team Virus
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======== Computer Virus Catalog 1.2: GX TEAM Virus (20-FEB-1993) =======
Entry...............: GX TEAM Virus
Alias(es)...........: ---
Virus Strain........: ---
Virus detected when.: ---
              where.: ---
Classification......: System virus (bootblock), resident
Length of Virus.....: 1. Length on storage medium: 1024 byte
                      2. Length in RAM:            2048 byte
--------------------- Preconditions ------------------------------------
Operating System(s).: AMIGA-DOS
Version/Release.....: 1.2/all
Computer model(s)...: all models
--------------------- Attributes ---------------------------------------
Easy Identification.: ---
Type of infection...: RAM resident, reset resident, bootblock
Infection Trigger...: DoIO
Storage media affected: Only floppy disks (3.5" and 5.25")
Interrupts hooked...: Hardware-Interrupt 3
Damage..............: Permanent damage : Overwriting bootblock
                      Transient damage : System reset after Alert
                                         was displayed
Damage Trigger......: Permanent damage : Read/Write DoIO on bootblock
                      Transient damage : 4432nd DoIO-call after a
                                         number of resets divisible
                                         by 5 after virus installation
Particularities.....: A resident program using the CoolCaptureVector
                         or ColdCaptureVector is shut down.
Similarities........: ---
--------------------- Agents -------------------------------------------
Countermeasures.....: VirusZ 3.00, VT 2.48, BootX 5.23
Countermeasures successful: VirusZ 3.00, VT 2.48, BootX 5.23
Standard means......: VT 2.48
--------------------- Acknowledgement ----------------------------------
Location............: Virus Test Center, University Hamburg, FRG
Classification by...: Jens Vogler, Karim Senoucci
Documentation by....: Jens Vogler, Karim Senoucci
Date................: 14-December-1992
Information Source..: Virus Analysis
===================== End of GX TEAM Virus =============================

Antivirus removal...: Kickstart 1.2 & 1.3 : VT-Schutz v3.17
                      Kickstart all others: VirusZ III with Xvs.library installed


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