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Maltese_Amoeba
- Virus Details |
Maltese_Amoeba
Aliases: Amoeba.2367, Grain
of Sand, Irish Size: 2367 KB Frequency: 9
Characteristics:
- Infects COM files
- Infects EXE files
- Memory resident
- Encrypted (code and data)
- Polymorphic
- Displays visual effects (other than message)
- Contains encrypted text
- Has triggered warhead / payload that causes damage
Information:
Visual Effects: Infinite loop flashes screen after warhead
routine. Message Displayed: "To see a world in a grain of
sand, And a heaven in a wildflower Hold in the palm of your hand And
Eternity in an hour." (From William Blake's "Auguries of
Innocence") Displayed on next bootup after the warhead has
triggered. Encrypted Text: "AMOEBA virus by the Hacker Twins
(C) 1991" and an inflamatory message about the University of Malta.
Warhead: The first 30 tracks on head 0 of the first hard disk are
overwritten. Triggers on November 1 and March 15.
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