INIT 29 Virus

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Strain:---
detected when:1988
where:USA
Classification:All files
Length:Resource fork extension: 712 bytes

Preconditions

Operating System(s):MacOS proprietary
Version/Release:All
Computer model(s):Apple Macintosh: all models
Caroname:INIT_29

Attributes

Easy identification:Additional INIT 29 resource in System file; garbage may appear as resource name, or resource name ""; in both cases (CODE,INIT)

Type of Infection:

All

Infection Technique:System File: INIT ID 29 712 Bytes Applicaton: CODE 712 Bytes ID is first free ID number starting from 1 Files without CODE resources get an INIT 29 resource
Infection Trigger:Executing an infected file
Storage Media affected:
Interrupts hooked:OpenResFile
Stealth:
Tunneling/Selfprot:
Oligo/Polymorphism:
Encoding Method:
Damage:Overwrites an existing INIT 29 resource
Damage Trigger:---
Particularities:---
Similarities:---

Agents

Countermeasures:Use of a commercial anti-viral product or a public domain utility such as Virus Detective, VirusRx, Interferon or Disinfectant to scan for virus signature.
Standard means:

Acknowledgements

Location:Virus Test Center, University Hamburg, Germany
Classification by:Ronald Greinke
Documentation by:Ronald Greinke
Date:15-July-1991
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(c) 1996 Virus-Test-Center, University of Hamburg