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Kvapavka

This is a simple, resident, 879 bytes long, encrypted COM infector. It presents itself on the 27th day in a month when it fills the screen by displaying a sign of a drop in green colour. Into the centre of the drop it writes in blue colour:

Kvapavka by SH-Software (c) 1995 v 1.22
(Meaning: gonorrhoea)

In addition to this there is the following text in the virus:

I NEED JOB

The virus comes from Slovakia and its author has used the nickname Blesk (Lighting) since some time ago.

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