=== Computer Virus Catalog 1.2: TRAVELLER 1.0 Virus (25-July-1992) === Entry...............: TRAVELLER 1.0 Virus Alias(es)...........: --- Virus Strain........: --- Virus detected when.: Unknown where.: Unknown Classification......: System virus (bootblock), memory resident Length of Virus.....: 1. Length on storage medium: 1024 byte 2. Length in RAM: 3072 byte --------------------- Preconditions ---------------------------------- Operating System(s).: AMIGA-DOS Version/Release.....: all versions Computer model(s)...: all models --------------------- Attributes ------------------------------------- Easy Identification.: Typical text: "The Traveller 1.0" Type of infection...: RAM resident, reset resident, bootblock Infection Trigger...: Message with #$6E000 at offset $2C and with #2 (Read) at offset $1C recieved dy DoIO Storage media affected: All device-driven systems Interrupts hooked...: Interrupt-vector 3 Damage..............: Permanent damage: overwriting block zero of the same device Transient damage: screen buffer manipulation: screen becomes red, green and blue; message "never heard of virus-protection ??? - lamer !!!" is shown in black; system stops working Damage Trigger......: Permanent damage: message with #$6E000 at offset $2C and #2 (Read) at offset $1C recieved dy DoIO Transient damage: 45,000th occurence of interrrupt 3 after last in- fection Particularities.....: A resident program using the CoolCaptureVector is shut down; changes DoIO vector; uses KickTagPtr; restores DoIO vector Similarities........: --- --------------------- Agents ----------------------------------------- Countermeasures.....: GUARDIAN 1.2, VIRUSX 4.0, VIRUSCONTROL 2.0 Countermeasures successful: GUARDIAN 1.2, VIRUSX 4.0, VIRUSCONTROL 2.0 Standard means......: VIRUSCONTROL 2.0 --------------------- Acknowledgement -------------------------------- Location............: Virus Test Center, University Hamburg, FRG Classification by...: Karim Senoucci Documentation by....: Karim Senoucci Date................: 14-July-1992 Information Source..: --- ===================== End of TRAVELLER 1.0 Virus ===================== [Go back]