G-Zus Packer Bomb - Amiga Virus Encyclopedia

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        G-Zus Packer Bomb
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        Name            : G-Zus Packer

        Aliases         : NO Aliases

        Type            : Trojan
        
        Size            : 15016 bytes

        Incidence       : Delete all the files you try to pack

        Discovered      : 05 november 1993

        Way to infect   : No Spreading

        Rating          : Not dangerous. Only the first attemt!

        Kickstarts      : 1.2
                          1.3
                          2.04 

        Damage          : See below

        Manifestiation  : Pretend to be a packer program

        Removal         : Delete this trojan

        General comments: This trojan is found at BBS with the following
                          name: "g-zus001.lha" 12.252 bytes. The G-Zus
                          Trojan pretend to be a packer/unpacker. But...
                          don't trust it! Actually it delete your original 
                          file, keep the original file name and write a new
                          file only 30 bytes. In this file you can read:

                          "This Is Magic!".
        
                          If you start the G-Zus-Packer trojan you will get
                          the following message on the screen:

                          "G-Zus The Final Compressor/Decompressor. Anything
                          else is futile...
                          ...you will be assimilated"

        Info            : This is a trojan, which claims to be a packer with
                          fantastic packrates.  If you start the packer, the
                          following will happen:
                          df0:g-zus df0:Copy        (Copy=5188 bytes long)
                          Creating  df0:Copy.god  (Copy.god=36 bytes long)
                          Deleting  df0:Copy

                          The new created file with the extension "god" is
                          always 36 bytes long and contains the following:
                          "ThisIsMagic!)< 752#%-'48+475UR["

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

        Test made by    : Markus Schmall


    


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