%%File: VIRS0083.TXT
%%Name/Aliases: 109 Virus
%%Platform: PC/MS-DOS
%%Type: Program., 
%%Disk Location: COM application.
%%Features: Direct acting.
%%Damage: Corrupts a program or overlay files.
%%Size: 
%%See Also: 
%%Notes: 1st discovered January 1992, this virus is a non-resident, 
direct action .COM file infector.
It contains no text or payload and is a simple, yet effective replicater
When an infected program is executed, it infects all .COM files in the 
current directory that meet
the following conidions, adding 109 bytes.
a. the file must be a .com file, filesize between 2 bytes and 64 kb.
b. if the 1st bytre is BEh, assume that the file is already infected and 
do next file
c. the file must have normal attributes, so if it is hidden or read-
only, virus won't infect
No error handling is done, the file time and date stamps will be changed 
upon infection
It may damage a program larger than 65427 bytes, for the end of the 
infected program will be lost.


     hex string: BE 00 01 56 8C C8 80 C4 10 8E C0 33 FF