%%File: VIRS0208.TXT %%Name/Aliases: Cancer %%Platform: PC/MS-DOS %%Type: Program., %%Disk Location: COM application. %%Features: Direct acting. %%Damage: Corrupts a program or overlay files. %%Size: 740 or multiples of this actual length is only 228 bytes %%See Also: %%Notes: Cancer infects all .COM files in the current directory whenever an infected program is run. It will repeatedly infect a file. It adds 740 bytes to the beginning of a file. A variant of amsrad. Increasing file lengths. An infected file will contain the string "IV" at offset 3 in the COM file.