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     Amiga Virus Encyclopedia
     Liberator v5.01
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     Name         : Liberator v5.01

     Aliases      : -
     
     Clones       : Lamerfry 1.3b

     Type         : File
     
     Size         : 16924 bytes

     Incidence    : -

     Discovered   : 16 july 1994

     Way to infect: This virus is quity tricky. It copies the file c/run and
                    renames it. It adds to the shell startup the commands:
                    ';liberatorV - controlling me!'
                    'alias copy delete'
                    'alias delete "echo *"No file to delete, cant find*""'
     
     Rating       : Dangeruos

     Kickstarts   : -

     Info         : If you start the virus, the following message will appear
                    on the window:

                    PV(Protect Vectors) v1.02 by Peter Stuer',0
                    'July 22, 1992 FREEWARE'

                    'Reset vectors ok, Nothing resident, Trackdisk.'
                    'device not intercepted, '
                    'DoIO ok, VBlank ok, low interrupts ok, '
                    'dos.library not intercepted.',0

                    'monitoring vectors...'
                    'Fully Kickstartv2.xx compatible, stops all'
                    ' viruses, checks disk-validators,',0
                    'Use run to push this program into the '
                    'background.',0
                    
                    This message is only to cheat the user, Peter Stuer has
                    never written this programm.

     Comments     : In the virus you can read the names from other viruskillers,
                    look here:
                    'ZeroVirus'
                    'VIRUSEXPERT'
                    'ZeroVirus III'
                    'Virus_Checker'
                    'Master_Virus_Killer_v2.1'
                    'BLVC'
                    'Berserker'
                    'BerserkerV5.0'
                    'Virus_Checker(C)'
                    'Nuke!'

                    (Don`t know, what it`s really for.)

                    The virus installs a .fastdir file, which contains some
                    kind of timer. If a special value was reached,then the
                    following text will be printed to screen:

                    '    Congratulations this disk has been liberated'
                                ' of virus protection!!'
                    '          Hello from the Liberator virus'
                                ' v5.01 - Random Disaster'
                        'The anti-anti-virus is here again!'
                            'Lets play trash the hard disk'
                    '             and ram the disk heads'
                            '        The piracy curse'
                            'Liberator V - The future is near.'
                    'Look out for Liberator VI - The final nightmare ...'
                        'coming soon from a lame swapper near you!'
                    '           Respect to the virus masters                 
                        Lamer Exterminator,crime & Contrast.'
                    'And remember - be excellent to each other!'
                            'The liberator 27/07/92'
                            'Virus Generation : 100


    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


    Screenshot of Liberator v5.01 virus:
    
    
    

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