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Amiga Virus Encyclopedia
H.C.S II Virus
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Name : H.C.S II
Aliases : No Aliases
Clones : H.C.S I
Type : Bootblock
Size : 1024 bytes
Symptoms : No Sypmtoms
Discovered : -
Way to infect: Boot infection
Rating : Harmeless
Kickstarts : 1.2
1.3
2.0
Damage : -
Removal : Kickstart 1.2 & 1.3 : VT-Schutz v3.17
Kickstart all others: VirusZ III v1.04ß or higher, and also Xvs.library v33.47 or higher
Visible text : *** WARNING - VIRUS DETECTED - H.C.S '4420 ***
*** OLD H.C.S ANTI-VIRUS - H.C.S '4420 ***
*** BAD ANTI-VIRUS DETECTED - H.C.S '4420 ***
Comments : Changes cool
Recognizes some old BB viruses (Alert message)
At first bootblock write the DoIO vector is changed and stays
changed when drive is empty
PowerLed flashes.
Test made by : Jan Andersen, Virus Help Team
Ascii of HCS2 virus: