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Amiga Virus Encyclopedia
XCopy 2 Bootblock Virus
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Name : XCopy 2
Aliases : No Aliases
Type : Bootblock
Size : 1024 bytes
Incidence : No Incidence
Discovered : -
Way to infect: KS2.04
Rating : Less Dangerous
Kickstarts : -
Info : Does NOT require trackdisk.device
KickTag, KickCheckSum, in the program DoIo, memory location with AllocMem
Procedure:
The next time you reset the screen will turn green.
ONLY if you press BOTH mouse buttons during the boot process, a normal BB
will be written.
It is NOT really a virus, because NOTHING happens WITHOUT the user's consent
and not everyone knows the key combination. But it modifies pointers and
though can be harmful for other programs
Reason for the name: XCOPY2 can be read at the end of block 0. Block 1 is not
required by the BB program and is filled with 0.
Damage : -
Removal : Antivirus: VT-Schutz v3.17
Antivirus: VirusZ III v1.04ß or higher, and also xvs.library v33.48 or higher
Visible text : XCOPY2
Comments : Thanks to Crashdisk for sending this one to us
Test made by : Markus Schmall
Ascii of XCopy 2 virus: