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Overview

This is a virus detection. Viruses are programs that self-replicate recursively, meaning that infected systems spread the virus to other systems, which then propagate the virus further. While many viruses contain a destructive payload, it's quite common for viruses to do nothing more than spread from one system to another.

Aliases

• VMPCK1.by

• Xix.Poppy

Characteristics

This is a virus for Word 97 documents consisting of a module called xix. This is a stealth virus; it will attempt to intercept the macro viewing commands to attempt to hide its presence. It is able to replicate under the SR-1 release of Word 97. This macro virus will infect Word's normal.dot file. It is able to do this by using a temporary file called c:\xix.drv to copy its code. It will turn off the macro warning feature of Word 97. This virus changes the document properties, author to "VOTA NAO A REGIONALIZAÇAO! SIM AO REFORÇO DO MUNICIPALISMO!", subject to "JOAO JARDIM x8?! PORRA! DIA 8 VOTA NAO!", and comments to "A REGIONALIZAÇAO É UM ERRO COLOSSAL!". These changes are not reversed during cleaning because VirusScan has no way of know what they were before they were modified. To change them back, open the document, then choose File, then Properties.

It has a 1% change of displaying the message box "Dia 8 de Novembro VOTA NAO à regionalizaçao!" every time it runs. Every time you choose Help/About it displays the message box "Joao Jardim x8?! Porra! Dia 8 Vota NAO!" On the eighth day of any month it will replace the text "sim" with "nao à regionalizaçao!" in the current document, and delete the Undo, Repeat, and Replace menu items.
This virus contains the text

'VMPCK 1.0d w/Random Path + Update
'=================================
'Code Written by VicodinES
'=================================
'Poppy ID : 5083-QyUo94005083.c
'=================================
'This Virus Is: Xix.Poppy

'VMPCK v1.0d [The Final Version?]

which is never displayed.

Symptoms

Method of Infection

Removal

All Users :
Script,Batch,Macro and non memory-resident:
Use current engine and DAT files for detection and removal.

PE,Trojan,Internet Worm and memory resident :
Use specified engine and DAT files for detection. To remove, boot to MS-DOS mode or use a boot diskette and use the command line scanner:

Additional Windows ME/XP removal considerations

Users should not trust file icons, particularly when receiving files from others via P2P clients, IRC, email or other mediums where users can share files.

AVERT Recommended Updates :

* Office2000 Updates

* Malformed Word Document Could Enable Macro to Run Automatically (Information/Patch )

* scriptlet.typelib/Eyedog vulnerability patch

* Outlook as an email attachment security update

* Exchange 5.5 post SP3 Information Store Patch 5.5.2652.42 - this patch corrects detection issues with GroupShield

For a list of attachments blocked by the Outlook patch and a general FAQ, visit this link .
Additionally, Network Administrators can configure this update using an available tool - visit this link for more information .

It is very common for macro viruses to disable options within Office applications for example in Word, the macro protection warning commonly is disabled. After cleaning macro viruses, ensure that your previously set options are again enabled.

Variants

Variants

N/A

All Information

Overview -

This is a virus detection. Viruses are programs that self-replicate recursively, meaning that infected systems spread the virus to other systems, which then propagate the virus further. While many viruses contain a destructive payload, it's quite common for viruses to do nothing more than spread from one system to another.

Aliases

• VMPCK1.by

• Xix.Poppy

Characteristics

Characteristics -

This is a virus for Word 97 documents consisting of a module called xix. This is a stealth virus; it will attempt to intercept the macro viewing commands to attempt to hide its presence. It is able to replicate under the SR-1 release of Word 97. This macro virus will infect Word's normal.dot file. It is able to do this by using a temporary file called c:\xix.drv to copy its code. It will turn off the macro warning feature of Word 97. This virus changes the document properties, author to "VOTA NAO A REGIONALIZAÇAO! SIM AO REFORÇO DO MUNICIPALISMO!", subject to "JOAO JARDIM x8?! PORRA! DIA 8 VOTA NAO!", and comments to "A REGIONALIZAÇAO É UM ERRO COLOSSAL!". These changes are not reversed during cleaning because VirusScan has no way of know what they were before they were modified. To change them back, open the document, then choose File, then Properties.

It has a 1% change of displaying the message box "Dia 8 de Novembro VOTA NAO à regionalizaçao!" every time it runs. Every time you choose Help/About it displays the message box "Joao Jardim x8?! Porra! Dia 8 Vota NAO!" On the eighth day of any month it will replace the text "sim" with "nao à regionalizaçao!" in the current document, and delete the Undo, Repeat, and Replace menu items.
This virus contains the text

'VMPCK 1.0d w/Random Path + Update
'=================================
'Code Written by VicodinES
'=================================
'Poppy ID : 5083-QyUo94005083.c
'=================================
'This Virus Is: Xix.Poppy

'VMPCK v1.0d [The Final Version?]

which is never displayed.

Symptoms

Symptoms -

Method of Infection

Method of Infection -

Removal -

Removal -

All Users :
Script,Batch,Macro and non memory-resident:
Use current engine and DAT files for detection and removal.

PE,Trojan,Internet Worm and memory resident :
Use specified engine and DAT files for detection. To remove, boot to MS-DOS mode or use a boot diskette and use the command line scanner:

Additional Windows ME/XP removal considerations

Users should not trust file icons, particularly when receiving files from others via P2P clients, IRC, email or other mediums where users can share files.

AVERT Recommended Updates :

* Office2000 Updates

* Malformed Word Document Could Enable Macro to Run Automatically (Information/Patch )

* scriptlet.typelib/Eyedog vulnerability patch

* Outlook as an email attachment security update

* Exchange 5.5 post SP3 Information Store Patch 5.5.2652.42 - this patch corrects detection issues with GroupShield

For a list of attachments blocked by the Outlook patch and a general FAQ, visit this link .
Additionally, Network Administrators can configure this update using an available tool - visit this link for more information .

It is very common for macro viruses to disable options within Office applications for example in Word, the macro protection warning commonly is disabled. After cleaning macro viruses, ensure that your previously set options are again enabled.

Variants

Variants -

N/A