Frankenstein - Virus Details Frankenstein Aliases: Frank, Sblank Size: 2048 KB Frequency: 5 Characteristics: Infects MBR Infects diskette boot record Memory resident Full stealth Encrypted (code and data) Contains clear text string or message Has triggered warhead / payload that causes damage Makes MBR inaccessible Information: (Txt) "frankenstein's Magic v1.00a (C) Copyright 1992, Megatrends 2000 Corp. The Johan family", and a long "History" of the virus. Warhead: Overwrites random disk sectors. Triggered by internal counter. Notes: The virus zeroes out the partition table in the MBR and stores the original MBR encrypted. The infected drive will be invisible to DOS if the system is booted from an uninfected floppy. Using fdisk /mbr will render the drive unbootable. Back to the Virus List page Virus Databases Virus Links Virus Research Security About Us Products Updates Support Resellers Purchase Contact Us  Home Command Software · Inc 1061 East Indiantown Road · Suite 500 Jupiter · FL   33477 USA