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     Amiga Virus Encyclopedia    
     Bestial virus 
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     Name         : Bestial Devastation

     Aliases      : No Aliases

     Original     : XENO 1

     Type         : Link virus

     Size         : 1124 bytes

     Symptoms     : No Sypmtoms.

     Discovered   : 05-03-93

     Way to infect: File infection

     Rating       : Dangerous

     Kickstarts   : 1.2/1.3

     Damage       : No Damage

     Removal      : Delete File.
     
     Visible text : > BESTIAL DEVASTATION <
     
     Info         : - It should be a beginner programming act.
                    - The basis should be the XENO virus.
                    - The decoding routine in XENO was "overlooked".
                    - Instead, there are now 2 absolute JMP after $Cxyz.
                      If you don't have memory there, see the next one Using dos-Open the GURU B.
                    - With a bit of luck and intention, the link process will succeed.
                    - From 20 !!!!! linked files NO file was executable, 
                      that had more than 5 hunks. GURU 3, 4 etc.
                    - Proper hunk treatment causes problems. Times
                      $10 bytes are written twice at hunk count
                      less than 3 or $3E9 is swallowed etc.

     Comments     : The  virus  is  another  XENO-Clone.  But due  of lame
                    programming  knowledge  this  virus  just destroys the
                    "infected" programms.

     Antivirus    : Kickstart 1.2 & 1.3..... : VT-Schutz
                    Kickstart 2.0 and higher : VirusZ III, with the new Xvs.library installed

     Test made by: Heiner Schneegold


     

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