Scrambler Trojan

Alias:KEYBGR Trojan
Strain:
detected when:November 1987
where:West Germany
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Preconditions

Operating System(s):
Version/Release:
Computer model(s):All MS-DOS machines
Caroname:MtE.Dedicated.Scrambler

Attributes

Easy identification:The Trojan contains many copies of the string "nothing".

Type of Infection:

Infection Technique:
Infection Trigger:
Storage Media affected:
Interrupts hooked:INT 9 is captured for the host program, and INT 1C is used for the damage.
Stealth:
Tunneling/Selfprot:
Oligo/Polymorphism:
Encoding Method:
Damage:A smiley face moves in a random fashion about the screen displacing characters as it moves. The face is either ascii 2 or 1 with a 50% probability.
Damage Trigger:About 60 minutes after the trojan keybgr is started.
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Acknowledgements

Location:Virus Test Center, University Hamburg, FRG
Classification by:Morton Swimmer
Documentation by:Morton Swimmer
Date:June 30, 1990
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(c) 1996 Virus-Test-Center, University of Hamburg