Content
W97M/Shore.p
- Type
- Virus
- SubType
- Macro
- Discovery Date
- 02/06/2002
- Length
- N/A
- Minimum DAT
- 4186 (02/13/2002)
- Updated DAT
- 4186 (02/13/2002)
- Minimum Engine
- 5.1.00
- Description Added
- 03/18/2002
- Description Modified
- 09/18/2002 10:13 AM (PT)
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Characteristics
This is a macro virus for Word97 documents and templates and exists in a module named "Officee". It will turn off the macro warning feature of Word 97.
The virus will scroll the message "We R the best, U R zero" then "TopHack0105" and then "Microsoft Word" in the Word Application caption.
Tools/Macro will display the following message:
Tools/Macro/Visual Basic Editor displays the following question:
If the correct answer -> 41240uu4515 is typed in, the following message will be displayed and access to the editor will be granted:
If day is first of month, the following message will be displayed on closing an infected file:
If month is May, the following message will be displayed on closing the infected file:
Symptoms
The above messages displayed.
Method of Infection
Opening an infected document will directly infect the local Word environment and any document opened thereafter.
Removal
Use current engine and DAT files for detection and removal.
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.
AVERT Recommended Updates:
* Malformed Word Document Could Enable Macro to Run Automatically (Information/Patch)
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.
Characteristics
Characteristics -
This is a macro virus for Word97 documents and templates and exists in a module named "Officee". It will turn off the macro warning feature of Word 97.
The virus will scroll the message "We R the best, U R zero" then "TopHack0105" and then "Microsoft Word" in the Word Application caption.
Tools/Macro will display the following message:
Tools/Macro/Visual Basic Editor displays the following question:
If the correct answer -> 41240uu4515 is typed in, the following message will be displayed and access to the editor will be granted:
If day is first of month, the following message will be displayed on closing an infected file:
If month is May, the following message will be displayed on closing the infected file:
Symptoms
Symptoms -
The above messages displayed.
Method of Infection
Method of Infection -
Opening an infected document will directly infect the local Word environment and any document opened thereafter.
Removal -
Removal -
Use current engine and DAT files for detection and removal.
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.
AVERT Recommended Updates:
* Malformed Word Document Could Enable Macro to Run Automatically (Information/Patch)
Variants
Variants -
N/A
