Lamer Exterminator

Lamer Exterminator is a computer virus created for the Amiga.

It is a boot block virus contained in the first 1024 bytes of the disk.

It hooks into the system in such a way that examining a bootblock will return a normal result and upon replicating will also encrypt itself.

The next includes an add byte in its decrypt routine, and takes a maximum of 256×256 attempts.

The third uses 16 bit words in its decrypt routine, and takes a maximum of 65535×65535 attempts, which makes it less practical to solve.