TARGET Virus

Alias:---
Strain:---
detected when:---
where:---
Classification:system virus (bootblock), resident
Length:1. Length on storage medium: 2. Length in RAM:

Preconditions

Operating System(s):AMIGA-DOS
Version/Release:all releases
Computer model(s):all models
Caroname:Target.Original

Attributes

Easy identification:none

Type of Infection:

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: corrupting disks by writing garbage to tracks 39 to 79
Damage Trigger:Permanent damage: insertion of disk named "Empty"
Particularities:string containing the diskname is always encrypted both on disk and in memory
Similarities:---

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