------------------------------    
     Amiga Virus Encyclopedia    
     Lamer Exterminator 8 Bootvirus 
     ------------------------------

    
     Name         : Lamer Exterminator 8

     Aliases      : $394 & Lamer Exterminator 9

     Clones       : No CLones

     Type         : Bootblock
     
     Size         : 1024 bytes

     Symptoms     : No Symptoms

     Discovered   : 12 october 1991

     Way to infect: Boot infection

     Rating       : Dangerous

     Kickstarts   : 1.2
                    1.3

     Damage       : Overwrites boot + Fastformat of disk(s)

     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

     Comments     : The  Lamer Exterminator 8 Virus  is a very dangerous
                    virus.  It  patches  the  BeginIO()-Vector  from the
                    trackdisk.device  to  infect  other disks. The virus
                    uses the KICK-Vectors + SumKickData to stay resident
                    Sometimes the virus formats the disk.
                    The whole Bootblock is crypted ($DFF006).

     Test made by : Safe Hex International
     
     Info         : Read the test from Virus Test Center Hamburg of Lamer Exterminator 8
     
     
     Ascii of bootblock Lamer Exterminator 8 (9) virus: