WIZARD TIMEBOMB (5-June-1990)
Entry...............: WIZARD TIMEBOMB
Alias(es)...........: --
Virus Strain........: -- 
Virus detected when.: November 1989
              where.: Elmshorn, FRG
Classification......: timebomb, non-resident
Length of Virus.....: 1. length on storage medium: 7840 byte
                      2. length in RAM           : 7840 byte
--------------------- Preconditions -----------------------------------
Operating System(s).: AMIGA-DOS
Version/Release.....: 1.2/33.166, 1.2/33.180, 1.3/34.5
Computer model(s)...: AMIGA 500, AMIGA 1000, AMIGA 2000A, AMIGA 2000B
--------------------- Attributes --------------------------------------
Easy Identification.: typical text: 'User Request : Please remove write
                         Protection and press left mouse Button to 
                         continue..', ' RAM CHECKED - NOVIRUS FOUND.',
                         'Hey Looser ! I hate you ! ', 'df0:pic.xx'
Type of infection...: self-identification method: ---
                      system infection: transient
Infection Trigger...: every execution of WIZARD TIMEBOMB
Storage media affected: bootable storage medium containing the WIZARD
                         TIMEBOMB
Interrupts hooked...: ---
Damage..............: permanent damage: ---
                      transient damage: ---
Damage Trigger......: permanent damage: ---
                      transient damage: ---
Particularities.....: seems to format after its eventcounter becomes
                         a special value; seems to handle a picture
                         on drive df0:, manner unknown yet; suggests
                         users to be an antivirus; 
                      WIZARD TIMEBOMB covers itself by using the name
                         '.info', normally a file created by the 
                         operating system, when handling icons and 
                         windows under 'workbench', this file is 
                         located in the c-directory, which normally 
                         isn't accessable from workbench, '.info'-file
                         has to be invoked in the 'startup-sequence', 
                         otherwise the timebomb can't act;
                         other particularities are unknown yet
Similarities........: ---
--------------------- Agents ------------------------------------------
Countermeasures.....: Names of tested products of Category 1-6:
                      Category 1: .2 Monitoring System Vectors:
                                     'CHECKVECTORS 2.2'
                                  .3 Monitoring System Areas:
                                     'CHECKVECTORS 2.2','GUARDIAN 1.2',
                                     'VIRUSX 4.0'
                      Category 2: Alteration Detection: --,
                      Category 3: Eradication: 'CHECKVECTORS 2.2',
                                     'VIRUSX 4.0'
                      Category 4: Vaccine: ---
                      Category 5: Hardware Methods: ---
                      Category 6: Cryptographic Methods: ---
Countermeasures successful: ---
Standard means......: ---
--------------------- Acknowledgement ---------------------------------
Location............: Virus Test Center, University Hamburg, FRG
Classification by...: Alfred Manthey Rojas
Documentation by....: Alfred Manthey Rojas
Date................: 5-June-1990
Information Source..: ---

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