c8847468@cc.nu.oz.au (10/02/90)
I thought this might be of some interest to the newsgroup. I found it on the newsgroup comp.sys.amiga and was wondering if this really is a new virus for the amiga or not. > It must be my lucky year! I found a new virus (again). This >one manifests itself in a so called "new" version of unwarp, version 1.4. >The virus is integrated into the unwarp file. The virus is written >by the Centurions. It changes the KickTagPtr, and it contains some text >that I scanned from memory. The text is as follows: > >__________BEGIN INCLUDED TEXT__________ > >>>>>>>> HI THERE A NEW AGE IN VIRUS MAKING HAS BEGUN >THANX TO US>>> THANX TO: === CENTURIONS === AND WEVE >THE PLEASURE TO INFORM YOU THAT SOME OF YOUR DISKS ARE >INFECTED BY OUR FIRST MASTERPIECE CALLED: > < THE SMILY CANCER < >HAVE FUN LOOKING FOR IT>>> AND STAY TUNED FOR OUR NEXT >PRODUCTIONS> CENTURIONS: THE FUTURE IS NEAR; > > >HELLO HACKERS OUT THERE!! A NEW FORCE HAS BORN IN ITALY: >--- CENTURIONS ---. OUR TEAM IS COMPOSED OF 2 GUYZ: >ME & HIM.(AHAHHA!) THE AIM OF -- CENTURIONS -- IS JUST >VIRUS MAKING.. WE HAVE LOTTA FUN DOING THIS AND WE ALSO >HOPE TO GIVE FUN TO THE KILLERS MAKERS (HI STEVE TIBBETT!) >HAW! HAW! HAW! SIGNED: ME & HIM / CENTURIONS. >_________________END OF TEXT ___________ > > > >It also looks as if it infects only floppies, and it affects the >startup-sequence, I say this because I found the following near the >above text and the KickTagPtr. > >trackdisk.device >startup-sequence >virusup-sequence While on the subject of amiga viruses, does anyone know of some place where I can get information on the latest viruses for the amiga? I can get info on the common ones such as 'Byte Bandit', 'Byte Warrior' and 'Lamer' etc, but nothing on ones like 'Butonic' and other such relatively unknown viruses. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance ************************************************************************** Jonathan Coombes " In every big program, there is Newcastle unversity smaller one trying to get out" Australia jcoombes@nucs.nu.oz.au ***************************************************************************