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Name : Genestealer
Aliases : No Aliases
Type/Size : Boot/1024
Clones : No Clones
Symptoms : Like it is a KS 1.3 with NTSC specifications?
Discovered : 23-04-92
Way to infect: Boot infection
Rating : Dangerous
Kickstarts : 1.2/1.3/2.0
Damage : Overwrites boot + Rootblock.
Removal : Install boot.
Comments : Infects every none write-protected disk inserted in
any drive. Can probably DAMAGE harddisks.
The virus tests the frequency on the El-net. In this
way the Amiga system distinguishes between American
and European (NTSC/PAL) systems and if it isn't
American the Rootblock can probably be damaged.
Sometimes the Amiga can't detect either it works in
Europe or in the US under Sys-1.3. It will then open
its initial screen in NTSC in Europe.
Most likely the virus will behave that way, too, and
that's no good.
The Genestealer-Virus copies itself always to the same
memory-address => $7EC00. It uses the CoolCapture to
stay resident in memory . For infection the virus
patches the DoIO()-Vector from the exec.library.
When the virus is active it pretends to be a normal
DOS-Bootblock. The virus checks for a value in the
Vertikal-Blank-Int. If this value isn`t 50 the virus
destroys the rootblock (Only DD-Disks!). If you are
pressing the left mouse-button while you are booting
the virus executes an endless-loop by showing a green
screen.
In the end of the Bootblock you can read:
"GENESTEALER VIRUS!!! by someone..."
A.D 05-94 & TBH 04-94