LamerLink.gotcha_lamer

Alias:lamer_bomb, MINIDEMO.EXE
Strain:LamerLink
detected when:unknown
where:unknown
Classification:link virus (Extending), not resident
Length:1. length on medium: a) MINIDEMO.EXE file: 773 byte b) infected files are 372 bytes longer 2. length in RAM: 1000 byte

Preconditions

Operating System(s):AMIGA-OS
Version/Release:1.2/33.166, 1.2/33.180, 1.3/34.20
Computer model(s):AMIGA 500, AMIGA 1000, AMIGA 2000
Caroname:LamerLink.gotcha_lamer

Attributes

Easy identification:typical text: 'HAHAHE... Gotcha LAMER!!!'

Type of Infection:

a) linking virus into: dh0:c/dir dh0:c/run dh0:c/cd dh0:c/execute b) DoIO calls hocked

Infection Technique:
Infection Trigger:a) starting the virus dropper MINIDEMO.EXE b) starting infected dir, run, cd, or execute
Storage Media affected:a) harddisk dh0: b) only floppy disks
Interrupts hooked:Trap 0 is hooked directly before the virus RESETS the computer.
Stealth:
Tunneling/Selfprot:
Oligo/Polymorphism:
Encoding Method:
Damage:Overwrites disk (81 tracks!) with senseless datas, shows ALERT (text see under: Easy Edentification), and RESETS the computer.
Damage Trigger:Performing DoIO call for reading $200 bytes from the BootBlock of an unwriteprotected disk.
Particularities:Newer versions of the AmigaOS CLI/shell have the named commands build in, in this systems the virusdropper will not work. Systems having their commands in a different directory (like all disk- based systems) will not be infected, too. I ask myself why the viruswriter use "dh0:c/" and not "c:" ?
Similarities:--

Agents

Countermeasures:VT 2.58, VirusZ 3.07
Standard means:VT 2.58

Acknowledgements

Location:Virus Test Center, University Hamburg, FRG
Classification by:Jens Vogler
Documentation by:Jens Vogler
Date:31. X. 1993
Information Source:virus disassembly

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