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maca.100

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Maca.1000

This is a relatively harmless memory resident parasitic virus. It hooks INT 21h, and writes itself to the end of COM and EXE files that are executed. While installing a memory resident, the virus infects the C:\COMMAND.COM file. During even months (February, April, etc.) on the 4th, 8th, and 12th, the virus also hooks INT 1Ch and plays a tune. The virus contains the following text strings:
c:\command.com
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Updated: 02/24/2006
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