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Amiga Virus Encyclopedia
No Bandit Anymore Virus
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=== Computer Virus Catalog 1.2: NO BANDIT ANYMORE Virus (1-Jan-1992) ==
Entry...............: NO BANDIT ANYMORE Virus
Alias(es)...........: ---
Virus Strain........: BYTE BANDIT Virus Strain
Virus detected when.: JANUARY 1991
              where.: Elmshorn, Germany
Classification......: System Virus (re-installing original bootblock)
Length of Virus.....: 1. Length on storage medium: 1,024 byte
                      2. Length in RAM           : ---
--------------------- Preconditions ----------------------------------
Operating System(s).: AMIGA-DOS
Version/Release.....: 1.2/33.166, 1.2/33.180 and 1.3/34.20
Computer model(s)...: AMIGA 500, AMIGA 1000, AMIGA 2000A, AMIGA 2000B
--------------------- Attributes -------------------------------------
Easy Identification.: Typical text: "   NO BANDIT ANYMORE!  R.T.
                                        copys :"
Type of infection...: Self-identification method: ---
                      System infection: re-installing originalbootblock
Infection Trigger...: ---
Media affected......: only floppy disks (3.5" and 5.25")
Interrupts hooked...: ---
Damage..............: Reassuring normal system behaviour
Damage Trigger......: ---
Particularities.....: ---
Similarities........: Code is the same as BYTE BANDIT except that the
                         BRA.S command (used for virus entry) at the
                         begin of the bootblock is replaced with the
                         normal bootblock-code.
--------------------- Agents -----------------------------------------
Countermeasures.....: Names of tested products of Category 1-6:
                      Category 1: .2 Monitoring System Vectors:
                                        CHECKVECTORS 2.2
                                  .3 Monitoring System Areas:
                                        CHECKVECTORS 2.2,GUARDIAN 1.2,
                                        VIRUSX 4.0
                      Category 2: Alteration Detection: ---
                      Category 3: Eradication: CHECKVECTORS 2.2,
                                               VIRUSX 4.0
                      Category 4: Vaccine: ---
                      Category 5: Hardware Methods: ---
                      Category 6: Cryptographic Methods: ---
Countermeasures successful: CHECKVECTORS 2.2,GUARDIAN 1.2,VIRUSX 4.0
Standard means......: CHECKVECTORS 2.2
--------------------- Acknowledgement --------------------------------
Location............: Virus Test Center, University Hamburg, Germany
Classification by...: Wolfram Schmidt
Documentation by....: Wolfram Schmidt
Date................: 4-NOVEMBER-1991
Information Source..: ---
===================== End of NO BANDIT ANYMORE-Virus =================

Antivirus...........: Kickstart 1.2 & 1.3 : VT-Schutz v3.17
                      Kickstart all others: VirusZ III v1.04B or higher, and also Xvs.library v33.47 or higher


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