Stoned.Michelangelo

Stoned.Michelangelo is a virus that infects the DOS boot sector on floppy disks and the master boot record (MBR) of the first hard drive (80h).

Protection

• Initial Rapid Release version December 18, 2000
• Latest Rapid Release version December 18, 2000
• Initial Daily Certified version December 18, 2000
• Latest Daily Certified version June 17, 2008 revision 017
• Initial Weekly Certified release date pending

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Threat Assessment

Wild

• Wild Level: Low
• Number of Infections: 0 - 49
• Number of Sites: 0 - 2
• Geographical Distribution: Low
• Threat Containment: Easy
• Removal: Easy

Damage

• Damage Level: Low

Distribution

• Distribution Level: Low