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Oligomorphic code

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In anti-virus terms, a viruse that can change its encryptor but not the code base that's being encrypted. This is unlike a "polymorphic" virus that can change both the encryptor and the code base being encrypted or "metamorphic" viruses that can change the encryptor, the code base and also the payload.