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Amiga Virus Encyclopedia
AEK Virus (SCA Clone)
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========= Computer Virus Catalog 1.2: AEK Virus (5-June-1990) =========
Entry...............: AEK Virus
Alias(es)...........: MICRO-MASTER Virus
Virus Strain........: SCA Virus
Virus detected when.: FEBRUARY 1988
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.....: 1.2/33.166, 1.2/33.180 and 1.3/34.20
Computer model(s)...: AMIGA 500, AMIGA 1000, AMIGA 2000A, AMIGA 2000B
--------------------- Attributes --------------------------------------
Easy Identification.: typical text: 'Another Future of programming has
begun on Amiga !!!! Don't worry about our
great V I R U S !!! Spread by Micro-Master of
CCW and Odie from AEK !!!'
virus feature: pressing left mouse/fire button of
port 1 during system reboot, causes the screen
to become green and the virus to shut down it-
self by clearing ColdCapture and CoolCapture
Vectors
Type of infection...: self-identification method: testing 3rd longword
for matching string 'CHW!'
system infection: RAM resident, reset resident,
bootblock infection
Infection Trigger...: reset (CONTROL + Left-AMIGA + RIGHT-AMIGA)
Storage media affected: only floppy disks (3.5" and 5.25")
Interrupts hooked...: ---
Damage..............: permanent damage: overwriting bootblock
transient damage: screen buffer manipulation:
screen becomes black, message (see above) is
shown by fading in and out peaces of it.
Damage Trigger......: permanent damage: reset
transient damage: 15th infection
Particularities.....: a resident program using the CoolCaptureVector is
shut down, also such using the ColdCapture
Vector when the virus is shut down by its
'suicide' function
Similarities........: SCA virus strain
--------------------- 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',
'VIRUSKILLER 2.0', 'VIRUSX 4.0'
Category 2: Alteration Detection: --
Category 3: Eradication: 'CHECKVECTORS 2.2',
'VIRUSKILLER 2.0', 'VIRUSX 4.0'
Category 4: Vaccine: 'SCA-PROTECTOR 1.0',
'VIRUSKILLER 2.0'
Category 5: Hardware Methods: --
Category 6: Cryptographic Methods: --
Countermeasures successful: 'CHECKVECTORS 2.2', 'GUARDIAN 1.2',
'VIRUSKILLER 2.0', 'SCA-PROTECTOR 1.0',
'VIRUSX 4.0'; own suicide function.
Standard means......: 'CHECKVECTORS 2.2'
--------------------- Acknowledgement ---------------------------------
Location............: Virus Test Center, University Hamburg, FRG
Classification by...: Oliver Meng
Documentation by....: Alfred Manthey Rojas
Date................: 5-June-1990
Information Source..: ---
===================== End of AEK-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
Ascii of AEK virus:
