Paratax III

Introduction

Paratax III is a computer virus written for the Commodore Amiga. It is a bootvirus and clone of The 16Bit Crew.
For further information please go to The 16Bit Crew.

Summary

• Overwriting the original bootblock unprotected disk while booting
• It is not crypted
• Hooks DoIO()-vector from the exec.library
• Makes itself reset resident by using the CoolCapture

Details

Compared to its original only the visible text in the bootblock has been changed, everything else is the same:

01d0h: 00 00 00 82 FF 7E 20 50 41 52 41 54 41 58 20 49 ; ...‚ÿ~ PARATAX I
01e0h: 49 49 20 28 21 21 21 29 20 00 00 00 00 00 03 EC ; II (!!!) ......ì
01f0h: 00 00 00 06 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 E4 00 00 00 DC ; ...........ä...Ü
0200h: 00 00 00 BC 00 00 00 6E 00 00 00 3E 00 00 00 22 ; ...¼...n...>..."
0210h: 00 00 00 00 00 00 03 F2 00 00 00 00 20 50 41 52 ; .......ò.... PAR
0220h: 41 54 41 58 20 73 74 72 69 6B 65 73 20 62 61 63 ; ATAX strikes bac
0230h: 6B 20 21 21 21 20 54 6F 64 61 79 20 77 65 20 70 ; k !!! Today we p
0240h: 72 6F 75 64 6C 79 20 70 72 65 73 65 6E 74 73 20 ; roudly presents 
0250h: 74 68 65 20 50 41 52 41 54 41 58 20 49 49 49 20 ; the PARATAX III 
0260h: 56 69 72 75 73 20 21 21 21 20 50 41 52 41 54 41 ; Virus !!! PARATA
0270h: 58 20 50 41 52 41 54 41 58 20 50 41 52 41 54 41 ; X PARATAX PARATA

Clones and variants

None