| Alias: | --- |
| Strain: | --- |
| detected when: | 8th September 1989 |
| where: | Elmshorn, FRG |
| Classification: | system virus (bootblock), resident |
| Length: | 1. length on storage medium: 1024 byte 2. length in RAM : 1024 byte |
Preconditions | |
| Operating System(s): | AMIGA-DOS |
| Version/Release: | 1.2/33.166, 1.2/33.180, 1.3/34.5 |
| Computer model(s): | AMIGA 500, AMIGA 1000, AMIGA 2000A, AMIGA 2000B |
| Caroname: | Waft |
Attributes | |
| Easy identification: | typical text: in bootblock: --- in memory: '==== oderint dum metuant ====', '! ! W A F T ! !' and 'Quality made in West Germany' |
Type of Infection: | self-identification method: system infection: RAM resident, reset resident, bootblock |
| Infection Technique: | |
| Infection Trigger: | reset, any disk access |
| Storage Media affected: | floppy disks (3.5" and 5.25"), |
| Interrupts hooked: | --- |
| Stealth: | |
| Tunneling/Selfprot: | |
| Oligo/Polymorphism: | |
| Encoding Method: | |
| Damage: | permanent damage: overwriting bootblock transient damage: screen buffer manipulation: alert box with following text: ' oderint dum metuant == W A F T == Quality made in West Germany' eventcounter dependent activities: ec < 5: message is shown as alert (see above) ec < 65: window structure is manipulated, so gadgets can't be accessed in future ec < 130: mouse pointer disappears ec < 195: screens gets dark ec >= 195: actions via mouse are disabled, no icon, no window and no gadget can be accessed |
| Damage Trigger: | permanent damage: reset operation: any disk access transient damage: status of CIA-A event counter (bits 0 to 7) (see above) |
| Particularities: | simulation of a standard bootblock by examining with disk tools; allocates 1100 byte of memory |
| Similarities: | --- |
Agents | |
| Countermeasures: | without restrictions: 'CHECKVECTORS 2.2', 'VIRUSX 4.0' with restrictions: 'GUARDIAN 1.2' |
| Standard means: | 'CHECKVECTORS 2.2' |
Acknowledgements | |
| Location: | Virus Test Center, University Hamburg, FRG |
| Classification by: | Wolfram Schmidt |
| Documentation by: | Alfred Manthey Rojas |
| Date: | 5-June-1990 |
| Information Source: | --- |
(c) 1996 Virus-Test-Center, University of Hamburg