Anti-2 Antivirus Virus

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Strain:---
detected when:October 1988
where:Helmond (Netherlands)
Classification:Bootsector Virus
Length:512 Bytes

Preconditions

Operating System(s):Atari TOS
Version/Release:All versions
Computer model(s):All Atari ST
Caroname:Anti-2

Attributes

Easy identification:"This Anti-Virus beeps" can be found in the bootsector at Byte Nr. $1E, or in memory at Dskbufp+$600+$1E.

Type of Infection:

Any non-executable Bootsector will be overwritten

Infection Technique:
Infection Trigger:Execution of BIOS disk function Getbpb.
Storage Media affected:Any kind of media.
Interrupts hooked:hdv_bpb vector (used by BIOS disk functions).
Stealth:
Tunneling/Selfprot:
Oligo/Polymorphism:
Encoding Method:
Damage:---
Damage Trigger:---
Particularities:The Program can be used as an anti-virus. If the bootsector is executable, the program produces a sound and the screen flashes.
Similarities:---

Agents

Countermeasures:Make sure that the virus is not in memory. Modify the last byte in bootsector to another value.
Standard means:

Acknowledgements

Location:Virus Test Center, University of Hamburg, FRG
Classification by:Andre' Schaper
Documentation by:Andre' Schaper
Date:5-June-1990
Information Source:George R. Woodside

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