Milzbrand Virus

Alias:Anthrax
Strain:---
detected when:April 1987
where:C'T (a german computermagazin)
Classification:Program Virus (Extending V.)
Length:1222 Bytes

Preconditions

Operating System(s):ATARI-TOS
Version/Release:All Versions of ATARI TOS
Computer model(s):All Atari ST models
Caroname:Milzbrand

Attributes

Easy identification:if killing the FAT it shows six 'Viruses' on screen the Virus body (readable with HexDump-facilities) include the text : 'DIES IST EIN VIRUS' (=`This is a Virus')

Type of Infection:

Executable File infection(.PRG) extending

Infection Technique:
Infection Trigger:all programs>1000 Bytes
Storage Media affected:Infects programs on disks and hard disks (in the actuell path)
Interrupts hooked:---
Stealth:
Tunneling/Selfprot:
Oligo/Polymorphism:
Encoding Method:
Damage:overwriting bootblock and FAT on disks A and B
Damage Trigger:year=1987
Particularities:shows six 'Viruses' on screen
Similarities:---

Agents

Countermeasures:---
Standard means:Write protect the disk

Acknowledgements

Location:Virus Test Center, University Hamburg, FRG
Classification by:---
Documentation by:Ralf Stegen
Date:Nov.9 1989
Information Source:C'T April 1987

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