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                    │        VIRUS REPORT         │
                    │    Christmas Tree Virus     │
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Synonyms: XA1, 1539 virus

Date of Origin: March, 1990.

Place of Origin: West Germany.

Host Machine: PC compatibles.

Host Files: COM files. Non-resident.

OnScreen Symptoms: Between 12/24 and 1/1 will display a Christmas tree
on the screen.

Increase in Size of Infected Files: 1,539 bytes.

Nature of Damage: On April 1, running an infected program will destroy
the hard disk partition table.

Detected by: Scan v61+.

Removed by: Scan/D, or delete the infected files.

Derived from: apparently an original.

     Discovered by Christoff Fischer, this virus displays the Christmas
tree on the screen when the system date is between December 24 and
January 1 and an infected program is executed. On April 1, it destroys
the partition table of the hard disk.


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