Boza

Boza is a virus that has gathered much media attention since its first announcement in February 1996. Boza belongs to a new class of computer viruses designed to infect and spread only among 32-bit executables on Windows 95. Boza has no intentional destructive payload, but may corrupt files if it fails to infect the host correctly. Boza uses a direct infection method for replication. This means that it does not remain resident in memory. It loads, performs its function, closes down, and then passes control back to the host file.
Boza has a triggered event. On the 30th of every month, it displays a message box with the following text:

"The taste of fame just got tastier!
VLAD Australia does it again with the world's first Win95 Virus.
From the old school to the new.
Metabolis
Qark
Darkman
Automag
Antigen
RhinceWind
Quantum
Absolute Overload
CoKe
Please note the name of this virus is [Bizatch] written by Quantum of Vlad"

Boza also contains the following text, which is not displayed: Bizatch by Quantum / VLAD

Protection

• Initial Rapid Release version December 19, 2000
• Latest Rapid Release version August 20, 2008 revision 017
• Initial Daily Certified version December 19, 2000
• Latest Daily Certified version January 20, 2009 revision 048
• Initial Weekly Certified release date pending

Click here for a more detailed description of Rapid Release and Daily Certified virus definitions.

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