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Amiga Virus Encyclopedia
Microsytems Virus
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Name : Microsytems
Aliases : No Aliases
Clones : CBM and StarLight 2
Type : Bootblock
Size : 1024 bytes
Symptoms : No Symptoms
Discovered : 3 april 1991
Way to infect: Boot infection
Rating : Harmless
Kickstarts : 1.2
Damage : Overwrites boot
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 : 7/2-1998 YOUR AMIGA IS INFECTED BY
A NEW GENERATION OF VIRUS
CREATED IN SWEDEN BY MICROSYSTEMS
Comments : The Microsystem is a very old bootvirus. It only
works with kickstart 1.2 because it jumps direkt
into the ROM. To stay resident the virus uses the
Cool & Cold-Vector. To infect other disks the virus
patches the DoIO()-Vector, additionally the virus
changes the FindTask()-Vector. This Vector is used
to set the Cool & Cold-Capture to the virusvalue.
Depending of infections the virus gives out an GFX-
Message:
7/2-1998
YOUR AMIGA IS INFECTED BY
A NEW GENERATION OF VIRUS
CREATED IN SWEDEN BY
MICROSYSTEMS
This text ISN`T crypted, you can read it in the boot
Test made by : Safe Hex International
Ascii of Microsystems Bootblock virus: