TURK Virus (10-February-1990)
Entry...............: TURK Virus
Alias(es)...........: ---
Virus Strain........: ---
Virus detected when.: APRIL 1990
              where.: Australia
Classification......: system virus (bootblock), resident
Length of Virus.....: 1.Length on storage medium: 1024 byte
                      2.Length in RAM           : 1024 byte
--------------------- Preconditions ----------------------------------
Operating System(s).: AMIGA-DOS
Version/Release.....: 1.2/33.166, 1.2/33.180
Computer model(s)...: AMIGA 500, AMIGA 1000, AMIGA 2000A, AMIGA 2000B
--------------------- Attributes -------------------------------------
Easy Identification.: typical text: "TURK", "Amiga Failure... Cause: 
                         TURK VIRUS Version 1.3!"
Type of infection...: system infection: RAM resident, reset resident,
                                        bootblock
Infection Trigger...: reset (CONTROL+Left-AMIGA+RIGHT-AMIGA)
                      operation: any disk access
Storage media affected: only floppy disks (3.5" and 5.25")
Interrupts hooked...: ---
Damage..............: Permanent Damage: virus overwrites bootblock
                         and destroys 880 blocks by overwriting them
                         with unformated sequence of data from RAM 
                         thus causing read/write error on affected 
                         storage media;
                      Transient Damage: screen buffer manipulation:
                         alert box after formating a disk
Damage Trigger......: Permanent damage: reset;
                         operation: any disk access
Particularities.....: resident programs using the CoolCaptureVector or
                         KickTagPointer are shutdown
Similarities........: ---
--------------------- Agents ------------------------------------------
Countermeasures.....: Names of tested products of Category 1-6:
                      Category 1: .2 Monitoring System Vectors:
                                     CHECKVECTORS 2.2
                                  .3 Monitoring System Areas:
                                     GUARDIAN 1.2, VIRUSKILLER 2.0,
                                     VIRUSX 4.0, DVICE PLUS
                      Category 2: Alteration Detection: ---
                      Category 3: Eradication: VIRUSKILLER 2.0,
                                  INSTALL command of CLI, DVICE PLUS
                                  VIEWBOOT 1.01, VIRUSX 4.0
                      Category 4: Vaccine: ---
                      Category 5: Hardware Methods: ---
                      Category 6: Cryptographic Methods: ---
Countermeasures successful: without restrictions: CHECKVECTORS 2.2
                            with restrictions: GUARDIAN 1.2,
                                    VIRUSX 3.20, DVICE PLUS
Standard means......: CHECKVECTORS 2.2
--------------------- Acknowledgement --------------------------------
Location............: Virus Test Center, University Hamburg, Germany
Classification by...: Oliver Meng
Documentation by....: Oliver Meng
Date................: 10-February-1991
Information Source..: ---

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