DARTH VADER (V1.1) Virus (31-July-1993) Entry...............: Darth Vader (V1.1) Virus Alias(es)...........: --- Virus Strain........: --- Virus detected when.: --- where.: --- Classification......: Memory resident File virus Length of Virus.....: 1.Length on storage medium: 784 bytes 2.Length in RAM : 627 bytes. --------------------- Preconditions ------------------------------------ Operating System(s).: AMIGA-OS Version/Release.....: 1.2/all, 1.3/all, 2.0/all, 3.0/all Computer model(s)...: All Amiga models --------------------- Attributes --------------------------------------- Easy Identification.: Virus can be found in root directory and at beginning of "startup-sequence"; it is named ($A0). Typical text in file: "VIRUS(V1.1) BY DARTH VADER". Type of infection...: RAM resident, reset resident Infection Trigger...: Booting (startup-sequence), starting an infected program, OldOpenLib call. Storage media affected: All Interrupts hooked...: Virus changes the following vectors: CoolCapture (program start), OldOpenLib (RESET) Damage..............: Transient: text output Permanent: corrupted startup-sequence written to disk. Damage Trigger......: OldOpenLib call Particularities.....: Starting with 5th RESET, virus writes on every OldOpenLib call the following text: "VIRUS(V1.1) BY DARTH VADER" to STD-Output and waits for left mousebutton to be pressed. Similarities........: --- --------------------- Agents ------------------------------------------- Countermeasures.....: VirusZ 3.06, VT 2.54, VirusChecker 6.28 Countermeasures successful: VirusZ 3.06, VT 2.54 Standard means......: Delete file $A0 from root Directory, delete filename $A0 from startup-sequence, turn computer off and on again. Or: use VT 2.54. --------------------- Acknowledgement ---------------------------------- Location............: Virus Test Center, University Hamburg, Germany Classification by...: Jens Vogler Documentation by....: Jens Vogler Date................: 31-July-1993 Information Source..: Reverse-engineering of virus code. .