%%File: VIRS0273.TXT %%Name/Aliases: Dark Avenger 3, Dark Avenger II, V2000, Die Young, Travel, V2000-B, Eddie 3, v1024, Dark Avenger III %%Platform: PC/MS-DOS %%Type: Program., %%Disk Location: COM application., EXE application., COMMAND.COM. %%Features: Direct acting. %%Damage: Corrupts a program or overlay files., Corrupts a data file., Interferes with a running application. %%Size: 2000 %%See Also: %%Notes: Every 16 executions of an infected file, the virus will overwrite a new random data sector on disk; the last overwritten sector is stored in boot sector. The system hangs-up, if a program is loaded that contains the string "(c) 1989 by Vesselin Bontchev"; V.Bonchev is a Bulgarian author of anti-virus programs. Hex dump strings in code, Two Strings : 1) "Copy me - I want to travel" (at beginning of virus- code) 2) "(c) 1989 by Vesselin Bontchev" (near end of virus code; but V.Bontchev is not the author!)