Leviathan

Alias:---
Strain:Leviathan detected when.: -- where.: --
detected when:
where:
Classification:companion virus (directory & bootblock)
Length:1. Length on storage medium: a) as bootblock: 1024 bytes b) as file: 1056 bytes 2. Length in RAM: 4096 bytes

Preconditions

Operating System(s):AMIGA-OS
Version/Release:all system releases
Computer model(s):all models
Caroname:Leviathan

Attributes

Easy identification:typical text: '-=- LEVIATHAN -=-'

Type of Infection:

Infection Technique:
Infection Trigger:booting from infected drive
Storage Media affected:
Interrupts hooked:
Stealth:
Tunneling/Selfprot:
Oligo/Polymorphism:
Encoding Method:
Damage:Permanent damage: 1) overwrites bootblock 2) new entry into the "startup-sequence" and a new file in the "sys:s" directory Transient damage: overwriting CoolCapture vector
Damage Trigger:Permanent damage: 1) reading rootblock of a non writeprotected disk 2) using OldOpenLibrary system call Transient damage: booting from infected drive
Particularities:--
Similarities:--

Agents

Countermeasures:VirusChecker 6.55, VirusZ II 1.15, VirusWorkshop 5.1, VT 2.74
Standard means:VirusWorkshop 5.1, VT 2.74 or use install against bootblock version, delete file with the name ASCII($C0) in SYS:S directory and the startup-sequence entry

Acknowledgements

Location:Virus Test Center, University Hamburg, Germany
Classification by:Jens Vogler
Documentation by:Jens Vogler
Date:
Information Source:reverse engeneering of original virus

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