%%File: VIRS0567.TXT
%%Name/Aliases: Mutation Engine, Dark Avenger's Latest, Pogue, MtE, 
Sara, Sarah, Dedicated, Fear, Cryptlab, Groove, Questo, CoffeeShop, DAME 
(Dark Avenger Mutation Engine)
%%Platform: PC/MS-DOS
%%Type: Program., Virus Authoring Package, 
%%Disk Location: COM application.
%%Features: Encrypted, Direct acting., Polymorphic
%%Damage: Corrupts a program or overlay files.
%%Size: could be any size, Polymorphic: each infection different
%%See Also: 
%%Notes: The MtE is a mutatuon engine that makes an existing virus 
difficult to detect by changing a virus with each infection. The first 
is the demo virus in the package (a silly, non-resident, COM file 
infector, infects only the files in the current directory) and a virus, 
called Pogue, wihch has been available on some VX BBSes in the USA.  
See notes below about the mutating engine.
11/2/92 virus-l, v5-186: announcement of MtE test reports, can be found 
via anonymous ftp from
ftp.informatik.uni-hamburg.de:pub/virus/texts/tests/mtetests.zip
and  cert.org:pub/virus-l/docs/mtetests.zip     none yet, but anti-virus 
researchers have it and are working hard -2/14/92  
v6-126: CoffeeShop has same author as Cruncher virus.
v6-151: At least one anti-virus program can detect and remove 
Coffeeshop.1568.