FAT AVENGER

Alias:
Strain:-
detected when:
where:
Classification:Master-boot record (HD) infector, DBR (Floppy)- infector, re
Length:3 kilobyte(s)

Preconditions

Operating System(s):MS-DOS
Version/Release:All models
Computer model(s):PC's
Caroname:FAT AVENGER

Attributes

Easy identification:

Type of Infection:

Bootsector infection. Selfrec on disk: FBR / MBR [25h] == 'H', VirPart2[2Dh...2Fh] == 'FAT'

Infection Technique:
Infection Trigger:boot from an infected floppy disk, if residentread or write to floppy disk drive
Storage Media affected:Harddisks, Disketts
Interrupts hooked:13/02, 03
Stealth:
Tunneling/Selfprot:
Oligo/Polymorphism:-
Encoding Method:
Damage:Transient: - Permanent: -
Damage Trigger:Transient: - Permanent: -
Particularities:The virus resides at the top of memory, reducing the BIOS memory size at 0000:0413. Not displayed text: THIS PROGRAM WAS WRITTEN IN INDIA.(c)1993 FAT AVENGERPS. this program is not meant to be destructive
Similarities:

Agents

Countermeasures:
Standard means:

Acknowledgements

Location:Virus Test Center, University Hamburg, FRG
Classification by:BSI (GISA) / V2, Hubert Schmitz
Documentation by:BSI (GISA) / V2, Hubert Schmitz
Date:1995-04-19
Information Source:Caroentry (autom.converter by S.Freitag)

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