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Amiga Virus Encyclopedia
Revenge v1.2G Virus
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===== Computer Virus Catalog 1.2: REVENGE 1.2G Virus (5-June-1990) ====
Entry...............: REVENGE 1.2G Virus
Alias(es)...........: ---
Virus Strain........: ---
Virus detected when.: 8th September 1989
where.: Elmshorn, FRG
Classification......: system virus (bootblock), resident
Length of Virus.....: 1. length on storage medium: 1024 byte
2. length in RAM : 1024 byte
--------------------- Preconditions -----------------------------------
Operating System(s).: AMIGA-DOS
Version/Release.....: 1.2/33.180
Computer model(s)...: AMIGA 500, AMIGA 1000, AMIGA 2000A, AMIGA 2000B
--------------------- Attributes --------------------------------------
Easy Identification.: typical text:'fuck','off','Revenge V1.2G','Count:'
virus feature: holding down the joystick button
(port 2) during system reboot will shut down
the virus (red screen); pressing the joystick
button and the mouse button (port 1) will
remove the virus from RAM and turn the screen
blue
Type of infection...: self-identification method: 5th longword
($ 49443932 = ascii 'ID92')
system infection: RAM resident, reset resident,
bootblock
Infection Trigger...: reset (CONTROL + Left-AMIGA + Right-AMIGA)
operation: any disk access
Storage media affected: only floppy disks (3.5" and 5.25")
Interrupts hooked...: vertical blank interrupt (IV 5)
Damage..............: permanent damage: overwriting bootblock
transient damage: after infecting a disk and the
next reset the mouse pointer will become a
penis after one minute
Damage Trigger......: permanent damage: reset
operation: any disk access
transient damage: infecting a disk with following
reset and 1 minute
Particularities.....: a resident program using the CoolCaptureVector is
shut down; uses DoIOVector; counts vertical
blanks until it's time to bring up his new
pointer; virus detects BYTE BANDIT, SCA and
SCA clones.
Similarities........: ---
--------------------- Agents ------------------------------------------
Countermeasures.....: Names of tested products of Category 1-6:
Category 1: .2 Monitoring System Vectors:
'CHECKVECTORS 2.2'
.3 Monitoring System Areas:
'CHECKVECTORS 2.2','GUARDIAN 1.2',
'VIRUSX 4.0'
Category 2: Alteration Detection: --
Category 3: Eradication: 'CHECKVECTORS 2.2'
'VIRUSX 4.0'
Category 4: Vaccine: ---
Category 5: Hardware Methods: ---
Category 6: Cryptographic Methods: ---
Countermeasures successful: 'CHECKVECTORS 2.2', 'GUARDIAN 1.2',
'VIRUSX 4.0'; own suicide function
Standard means......: 'CHECKVECTORS 2.2'
--------------------- Acknowledgement ---------------------------------
Location............: Virus Test Center, University Hamburg, FRG
Classification by...: Wolfram Schmidt
Documentation by....: Alfred Manthey Rojas
Date................: 5-June-1990
Information Source..: ---
==================================== End of REVENGE 1.2G Virus =========================================
Antivirus...........: Kickstart 1.2 & 1.3 : VT-Schutz v3.17
Kickstart all others: VirusZ III v1.04B or higher, and also Xvs.library v33.47 or higher
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