| Alias: | -- |
| Strain: | ByteParasite detected when.: -- where.: -- |
| detected when: | |
| where: | |
| Classification: | bomb (=destructive program) |
| Length: | 1. Length on storage medium: 2160 byte 2. Length in RAM: 11760 byte |
Preconditions | |
| Operating System(s): | AMIGA-OS |
| Version/Release: | all system releases |
| Computer model(s): | all models |
| Caroname: | Byteparasite.3 |
Attributes | |
| Easy identification: | Typical text: 'BYTEPARASITE III in 9.91 by Hacker & Cracker GmbH',0 ' GERMANY',0,0 'Virus-Checker V3.0 by Michael Ortmanns',0 'Checking DF0: For Viruses',0 |
Type of Infection: | |
| Infection Technique: | |
| Infection Trigger: | start to program |
| Storage Media affected: | |
| Interrupts hooked: | |
| Stealth: | |
| Tunneling/Selfprot: | |
| Oligo/Polymorphism: | |
| Encoding Method: | |
| Damage: | Permanent damage: 1) deleting existing copies of original Virus-Checker 2) writing 2000 bytes at a random place of disk df0: Transient damage: 1) overwriting KickMemPtr, CoolCapture and Level3 Irq 2) clearing ColdCapture, WarmCapture and KickTagPtr, overwriting KickMemPtr 3) overwriting CoolCapture and KickCheckSum |
| Damage Trigger: | Permanent damage: 1) inserting a disk or reseting the computer 2) every 7th successful try to copy the bomb as: 'c/Virus-Checker',0 Transient damage: 1) during the "normal" program execution 2) during CoolCapture routine (after a reset) and every Level 3 interrupt 3) every Level 3 interrupt |
| Particularities: | this bomb (tries to) imitates the Virus-Checker |
| Similarities: | looks like a prerelease of the Compuphagozyte.1_1452 |
Agents | |
| Countermeasures: | VirusZ II 1.09, VT 2.67, Virus Checker 6.43, Virus Workshop 3.6 |
| Standard means: | VirusZ II 1.09, VT 2.67, Virus Checker 6.43, Virus Workshop 3.6 |
Acknowledgements | |
| Location: | Virus Test Center, University Hamburg, Germany |
| Classification by: | Jens Vogler |
| Documentation by: | Jens Vogler |
| Date: | 1-July-1994 |
| Information Source: | reverse engeneering of original bomb |
(c) 1996 Virus-Test-Center, University of Hamburg