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Amiga Virus Encyclopedia
Sex Guide Macro Virus
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===== Computer Virus Catalog 2.0: Sex Guide (16.4.1997) ===========
Entry...............:
Alias(es)...........: Macro.1, Beol5, First Macro
Virus Strain........:
Virus detected when.: 4/1997
where.:
Classification......: Macro Trojan
Length of Virus.....: 1. Length on storage medium: 1199
2. Length in RAM: -
--------------------- Preconditions ------------------------------------
Operating System(s).: AMIGA-DOS and Amigaguide Help-System
Version/Release.....: 2.01 and Above
Computer model(s)...: all models
--------------------- Attributes ---------------------------------------
Easy Identification.: When reading the guide-file in ascii mode
there is a comment (see below).
Type of infection...: Appends commands to startup-sequence
Infection Trigger...: Startup of the system
Storage media affected: all DOS-devices
Interrupts hooked...: -
Damage..............: Permanent damage: Deletes some Virusscanners
Transient damage: Displays the text:
"I am a perverse teeny-f**ker, I am not
worth living!"
Damage Trigger......: Next Startup of the computer after Trojan startup
Particularities.....: This Trojan shows, how easy it is to infect the
Amiga's own helpsystem. The author writes in a
Remark:
"!!!!!! First Amiga Macro Virus !!!!!!"
which is not true (it's not a virus)
Also he writes:
"Coming soon Installer Macro Virus !!!"
The code seems to be a kind of demonstration
for the av-programmer.
Similarities........: -
--------------------- Agents -------------------------------------------
Countermeasures.....: Not tested
Countermeasures successful:
Standard means......: Delete the file, remove the additional commands
from the startup-sequence
--------------------- Acknowledgement ----------------------------------
Location............: Virus Test Center, University Hamburg, Germany
Classification by...: Soenke Freitag
Documentation by....: Soenke Freitag
Date................: 16-April-1997
Information Source..: Virus analysis
===================== End of Virus =========================
Antivirus...........: Kickstart 1.2 & 1.3 : VT-Schutz v3.17
Kickstart all others: VirusZ III with Xvs.library installed