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W64.Shruggle.1318 - First AMD64 bit virus

  This is a new proof-of-concept virus that is currently not in-the-wild written in AMD 64 bit assembly language.

W64.Shruggle.1318 - First AMD64 bit virus
http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w64.shruggle.1318.html

W64.Shruggle.1318 is a direct-action file infector, similar to W64.Rugrat.3344, that infects AMD64 Windows Portable Executable (PE) files. It is a fairly simple proof-of-concept virus; however, it is the first known virus to attack 64-bit Windows executables on AMD64 systems.  The virus is written in AMD64 assembly code.