Scrambler Trojan (19-June-1990) Entry...............: Scrambler Trojan Alias(es)...........: KEYBGR Trojan Virus strain........: --- Virus detected when.: June 1990 where.: West Germany Host................: Keybgr.com Virus detected when.: November 1987 where.: Lehigh University (Bethlehem/USA) --------------------- Preconditions ---------------------------------- Operating system(s).: MS-DOS Version/release.....: It is not bound to any particular DOS version, but keybgr is not used on standard DOS later than 3.3 Computer models PC's with standard keyboards. Computer model(s)...: All MS-DOS machines --------------------- Attributes ------------------------------------- Easy identification.: The Trojan contains many copies of the string "nothing". Interrupts hooked...: INT 9 is captured for the host program, and INT 1C is used for the damage. 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. Particularities......: --- Similarities.........: --- --------------------- Agents ----------------------------------------- Countermeasures.....: --- Detectors...........: --- Standard Means......: --- --------------------- Acknowledgement -------------------------------- Location............: Virus Test Center, University Hamburg, FRG Classification by...: Morton Swimmer Documentation by....: Morton Swimmer Date................: June 30, 1990 Information Source..: --- .