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Ricky.180

This is an overwriting, 180 bytes long COM infector. It tries to attack all files with the extension COM in the current directory. If the virus does not find a suitable file it will display the following text:

Congratulations! You have infected all the COM files in this directory with the Ricky virus.
author: JJL Cooler-Slovakia.
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