FGT

Alias:
Strain:-
detected when:
where:
Classification:COM-infector
Length:651

Preconditions

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

Attributes

Easy identification:

Type of Infection:

The virus overwrites the beginning of the file, appending the overwritten part after the end of the file. Selfrec on disk: File[0..4] == "PSQRV" (push ax,bx,cx,dx,si)

Infection Technique:
Infection Trigger:(1 file in current directory and 1 file from the PATH)Filesize%64k < 63849
Storage Media affected:
Interrupts hooked:24
Stealth:
Tunneling/Selfprot:
Oligo/Polymorphism:-
Encoding Method:
Damage:Transient: Invalidate CMOS config (write 0FFh to byte 0Eh) Permanent: -
Damage Trigger:Transient: ([0F000:FFFEh] == 0FCh or == 0FAh or <= 0F8h) &&Year >= 1992 && Random(1:8) Permanent: -
Particularities:The virus is not memory resident. The Int24 handler ensures that repeated attempts are not made on adrive that returns a critical error.
Similarities:

Agents

Countermeasures:
Standard means:

Acknowledgements

Location:Virus Test Center, University Hamburg, FRG
Classification by:Adam David, Frisk Software International
Documentation by:Adam David, Frisk Software International
Date:28.7.93
Information Source:Caroentry (autom.converter by S.Freitag)

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