Challenger Trojan - Amiga Virus Encyclopedia

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    Challenger Trojan
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    Name            : Challenger Trojan

    Aliases         : Challenger RCA & Challenger SetClock

    Type            : Trojan
    
    Size            : 126336 bytes

    Incidence       : No Incidence

    Discovered      : 20 april 1992

    Way to infect   : Copies the Setclock command to DEVS:keymaps/a, and
                      creates a new file called c/setclock. It then 
                      creates a file called DEVS:keymaps/rca

    Rating          : Pretty harmless

    Kickstarts      : 1.2
                      1.3
                      2.0

    Damage          : Locks up your system on the 24th of July

    Manifestiation  : See message below

    Removal         : Delete the file, c/setclock, and copy the file
                      DEVS:keymaps/a to c, and rename it to setclock.
                      Then delete the file called rca in DEVS:keymaps, 
                      and also delete the file called guy in the same
                      directory

    General comments: Message shown on the 24th of July:
                      "Guten Tag, hier is der Guru Ihres
                      Amiga-Computers. Laut Arbeitsvertrag
                      habe ich das recht auf einen Medita-
                      tionstag pro Jahr. In meinen Fall ist
                      das der 24. Juli jeden Jahres. Da wir
                      heute dieses Datum schreiben, stehe ich
                      Ihnen erst morgen wieder zur Verfuegung.
                      Bitte haben sie verstaendnis dafuer, denn
                      auch wir Gurus muessen einmal ausruhen".

    Antivirus       : Kickstart 1.2 & 1.3 : VT-Schutz v3.17
                      Kickstart all others: VirusZ III with Xvs.library installed

    Test made by     : Safe Hex International                  


    
    

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