diff --git a/Ghidra/Features/Base/src/main/java/ghidra/app/util/opinion/ComLoader.java b/Ghidra/Features/Base/src/main/java/ghidra/app/util/opinion/ComLoader.java
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+/* ###
+ * IP: GHIDRA
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package ghidra.app.util.opinion;
+
+import ghidra.app.util.*;
+import ghidra.app.util.bin.*;
+import ghidra.app.util.importer.MessageLog;
+import ghidra.app.util.opinion.*;
+import ghidra.program.database.mem.FileBytes;
+import ghidra.program.model.address.*;
+import ghidra.program.model.lang.*;
+import ghidra.program.model.listing.*;
+import ghidra.program.model.mem.*;
+import ghidra.program.model.symbol.*;
+import ghidra.util.Msg;
+import ghidra.util.exception.CancelledException;
+import ghidra.util.exception.InvalidInputException;
+import ghidra.util.task.TaskMonitor;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.*;
+
+public class ComLoader extends AbstractLibrarySupportLoader {
+
+  public final static String COM_NAME = "Old-style DOS Executable (COM)";
+  private final static String ENTRY_NAME = "entry";
+  private final static int PSP_START_ADDRESS = 0x0;
+  private final static int COM_START_ADDRESS = 0x100;
+  private final static int COM_MAX_LEN = 0xff00; // 0xFFFF - 0xFF (PSP size)
+  private static final int SCORE_THRESHOLD = 12; // for score system
+
+  @Override
+  public String getName() {
+    return COM_NAME;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public int getTierPriority() {
+    return 1000; // make sure it is fallback
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public Collection<LoadSpec> findSupportedLoadSpecs(ByteProvider provider) throws IOException {
+
+    List<LoadSpec> specs = new ArrayList<>();
+    long len = provider.length();
+
+    if (len == 0 || len > COM_MAX_LEN)
+      return specs;
+
+    byte[] data = provider.readBytes(0, len);
+
+    // Reject MZ executables
+    if (data.length > 1 && (data[0] & 0xFF) == 'M' && (data[1] & 0xFF) == 'Z')
+      return specs;
+
+    int score = calculateScore(data);
+
+    if (score >= SCORE_THRESHOLD) {
+      specs.add(new LoadSpec(this, 0, new LanguageCompilerSpecPair("x86:LE:16:Real Mode", "default"), true));
+    }
+
+    Msg.info(this, "DOS COM file score: " + score + "/" + SCORE_THRESHOLD);
+    return specs;
+  }
+
+  private int calculateScore(byte[] data) {
+
+    int score = 0;
+
+    for (int i = 0; i < data.length - 2 && score < SCORE_THRESHOLD; i++) {
+
+      // INT 21h (DOS services)
+      if ((data[i] & 0xFF) == 0xCD && (data[i + 1] & 0xFF) == 0x21) {
+
+        score += 2;
+
+        // MOV AH, imm8 or MOV AL, imm8 before INT 21h
+        if (i >= 2 && ((data[i - 2] & 0xFF) == 0xB4 || (data[i - 2] & 0xFF) == 0xB0))
+          score += 3;
+
+        // MOV AX, imm16 before INT 21h
+        if (i >= 3 && (data[i - 3] & 0xFF) == 0xB8)
+          score += 2;
+      }
+
+      // INT 20h (program terminate)
+      if ((data[i] & 0xFF) == 0xCD && (data[i + 1] & 0xFF) == 0x20)
+        score += 2;
+
+      if (score >= SCORE_THRESHOLD)
+        return score;
+
+      // Other INT patterns preceded by register setup
+      if (i > 1 && (data[i] & 0xFF) == 0xCD && ((data[i - 2] & 0xFF) == 0xB4 || (data[i - 2] & 0xFF) == 0xB0))
+          score += 2;
+      if (i > 2 && (data[i - 3] & 0xFF) == 0xB8)
+          score += 2;
+
+      if (score >= SCORE_THRESHOLD)
+        return score;
+    }
+
+    // Only attempt string heuristic if needed
+    int dollarStrings = countDollarStrings(data);
+    if (dollarStrings > 0)
+      score += 3;
+    if (dollarStrings > 2)
+      score += 2;
+
+    return score;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Counts occurrences of DOS-style "$"-terminated strings.
+   *
+   * In DOS COM programs, function AH=09h (INT 21h) prints a string
+   * terminated by '$'. Therefore, COM binaries frequently contain
+   * printable ASCII sequences followed by '$'.
+   *
+   * This heuristic looks for printable ASCII runs of length >= 4
+   * followed by '$'. The scan is limited to a small prefix of the file
+   * for performance, since this method runs on every file imported.
+   */
+  private int countDollarStrings(byte[] data) {
+
+    int count = 0;
+    int minLen = 4;
+
+    for (int i = 0; i < data.length - minLen && count < 3; i++) {
+
+      int len = 0;
+
+      while (i + len < data.length && isPrintable(data[i + len])) {
+        len++;
+
+        if (i + len < data.length && data[i + len] == '$' && len >= minLen) {
+          count++;
+          i += len; // skip ahead
+          break;
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
+    return count;
+  }
+
+  private boolean isPrintable(byte b) {
+    int c = b & 0xFF;
+    return c >= 0x20 && c <= 0x7E;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  protected void load(Program program, ImporterSettings settings) throws IOException, CancelledException {
+
+    ByteProvider provider = settings.provider();
+    TaskMonitor monitor = settings.monitor();
+    MessageLog log = settings.log();
+
+    AddressSpace space = program.getAddressFactory().getDefaultAddressSpace();
+
+    try {
+      // Create PSP block at 0000h
+      MemoryBlockUtils.createInitializedBlock(program, false, "PSP", space.getAddress(PSP_START_ADDRESS), 0x100, "PSP",
+          null, true, true, false, log);
+
+      FileBytes fileBytes = MemoryBlockUtils.createFileBytes(program, provider, monitor);
+
+      // Create CODE block at 0100h
+      MemoryBlockUtils.createInitializedBlock(program, false, "CODE", space.getAddress(COM_START_ADDRESS), fileBytes, 0,
+          provider.length(), "COM Code", null, true, true, false, log);
+
+    } catch (Exception e) {
+      log.appendMsg("Failed to create blocks");
+    }
+
+    // Create entry point
+    SymbolTable symbolTable = program.getSymbolTable();
+    try {
+      Address addr = space.getAddress(COM_START_ADDRESS);
+      symbolTable.createLabel(addr, ENTRY_NAME, SourceType.IMPORTED);
+      symbolTable.addExternalEntryPoint(addr);
+    } catch (InvalidInputException e) {
+      log.appendMsg("Failed to process entry point");
+    }
+  }
+}