Inger IQ

Introduction

Inger IQ is a computer bootvirus written for the Commodore Amiga. It is a simple clone of the Byte Bandit virus.

Summary

• Overwrites the original bootblock of any unprotected disk inserted in the floppy drive of an Amiga computer
• Uses BeginIO() of the trackdisk.device for infection
• Stays resident in memory by using KickTag
• Hooks ExecVec5 interrupt
• Is not encrypted

Details

Only the typical Byte Bandit-text in the bootblock has been altered, everything else is the same:

0010h: 2D 2D 2D 49 6E 67 65 72 20 49 51 20 56 69 72 75 ; ---Inger IQ Viru
0020h: 73 20 2D 20 45 72 73 6D 61 72 6B 20 31 39 35 33 ; s - Ersmark 1953
0030h: 2D 2D 2D 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 ; ---             
0040h: 63 6F 70 79 20 69 74 00 00 00 01 BE 48 E7 7F 7F ; copy it....¾Hç

Clones and variants

None