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AmigaKnight Virus   
Written by yangying   
February 21, 2008 13:30

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Strain:---
detected when:---
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Classification:Link virus (directory type), resident
Length:1.Length on storage medium: 6048 byte 2.Length in RAM : up to 28552 byte

Preconditions

Operating System(s):AMIGA-DOS
Version/Release:1.2/all, 1.3/all, 2.0/all, 3.0/all
Computer model(s):All AMIGA models
Caroname:Amigaknight

Attributes

Easy identification:Typical text: string "initial_cli" visible in an infected file; file "initial_cli" in root directory; string "initial_cli" as first entry in startup-sequence.

Type of Infection:

Self-identification method: virus searches for "initial_cli" as 1st entry in startup sequence. System infection: RAM resident, reset resident

Infection Technique: 
Infection Trigger:Start of "initial_cli" program
Storage Media affected:Only floppy disk in OriginalFileSystem format
Interrupts hooked:None
Stealth: 
Tunneling/Selfprot: 
Oligo/Polymorphism: 
Encoding Method: 
Damage:Permanent damage: changing startup-sequence writing itself on disk Transient damage: screen buffer manipulation; vector graphic and test demo showing the text: "YEAH, THE INVASION HAS STARTED! YOUR TIME HAS RUN OUT, AND SOON WE WILL BE EVERYWHERE! THIS IS GENERATION 0039 OF THE EVIL AMIGAKNIGHTSVIRUS GREETINGS TO DUFTY, DWARF, ASID, CUCUMBER, ASTERIX, ANDY, AND ALL AMIGIANS I KNOW"
Damage Trigger:Permanent damage: inserting an OriginalFileSystem floppy Transient damage: 5th reset after last infection
Particularities:KickTagPtr is used for making virus system resident
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Agents

Countermeasures:VT 2.54, VirusZ 3.06, VirusChecker 6.28
Standard means:VT 2.54

Acknowledgements

Location:Virus Test Center, University Hamburg, Germany
Classification by:Karim Senoucci
Documentation by:Karim Senoucci
Date:31-July-1993
Information Source:Virus dissasembly, Heiner Schneegold, SHI
 

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