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     Amiga Virus Encyclopedia    
     Mess Bootvirus 
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     Name         : Mess

     Aliases      : MessAngel & Eleni!!

     Original     : -

     Type         : Bootblock
     
     Size         : 1024 bytes

     Symptoms     : A program calls DoIo:
                    First, drive $4EEEFDD8 is written to -$1400(a6).
                    Whether anything important is already there is
                    apparently unimportant.
                    It was DoIo read:
                    BB virus is written (if no write protection)
                    It was DoIo-Write:
                    Test whether LoadSeg has already been corrupted.
                    If yes, execute Orig.DoIo-Write.
                    If no, corrupt LoadSeg and then Orig.DoIo-Write.

     Discovered   : -

     Way to infect: Boot infection

     Rating       : Dangerous

     Kickstarts   : 1.2
                    1.3
                    2.0
                    3.0

     Damage       : Overwrites Bootblock

     Visible text : E...L...E...N...I...!

     Comments     : So if you encounter a disk with a MessAngel virus and
                    some files are not running, use a file monitor.

     Removal      : VirusZ III, with the new Xvs.library installed

     Test made by : Heiner Schneegold