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ALIAS:834
SIZE:834
TYPE:Resident COM-files
REPAIR:Yes

Summary

This parasitic resident virus infects COM files being executed. The virus counts programs being executed on an infected system. When the counter exceeds 256 the virus makes the hard disk unbootable by placing an infinite loop to the MBR code.