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christmas.1539.

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Christmas.1539.a

This virus is not memory-resident, is very dangerous and encrypted. It bypasses subdirectories pointed in the "PATH=" command, and hits .COM-files (except IBMBIO.COM and IBMDOS.COM) it has found. The virus writes itself to the file beginning. On April 1st, it writes a small program into the MBR of the hard disk and into the Boot-sectors of floppies. Upon reboot, this routine displays the following text: "April, April all". From the 24th to the 31st of December, it displays a Christmas tree and the following text in German:

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Und er lebt doch noch : Der Tannenbaum !
Frohe Weihnachten ...