ZACCESS V1.0 Virus

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Strain:16 Bit Crew Virus strain
detected when:---
where:---
Classification:system virus (bootblock), resident
Length:1. Length on storage medium: 1024 bytes 2. Length in RAM: 1024 bytes

Preconditions

Operating System(s):AMIGA-OS
Version/Release:all system releases
Computer model(s):all models
Caroname:16_BitCrew.Zaccess1_0

Attributes

Easy identification:text visible in bootblock: "ZACCESS V1.0 / 1991"

Type of Infection:

Self-identification method: Virus checks if the sum of two matchwords in the bootblock equals zeros; if yes, the virus assumes to have found itself on disk System infection: RAM resident, reset resident, bootblock

Infection Technique:
Infection Trigger:reset
Storage Media affected:only floppy disks
Interrupts hooked:DoIO vector of exec-library, CoolCapture
Stealth:
Tunneling/Selfprot:
Oligo/Polymorphism:
Encoding Method:
Damage:Permanent damage: overwriting bootblock Transient damage: LED flashing (10 or 30 times)
Damage Trigger:Permanent damage: reset Transient damage: depending on infection counter value and mouse button during boot
Particularities:a resident program using the CoolCapture vector is shut down
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Agents

Countermeasures:Virus Workshop V3.0, VirusChecker V6.33, VT 2.58, VirusZ 3.07
Standard means:VT 2.58, Virus Workshop V3.0

Acknowledgements

Location:Virus Test Center, University of Hamburg, Germany
Classification by:Karim Senoucci
Documentation by:Karim Senoucci
Date:14-December-1993
Information Source:Virus analysis

(c) 1996 Virus-Test-Center, University of Hamburg