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.
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Minimum DAT
4072 (2000-04-05) Updated DAT4072 (2000-04-05) |
Minimum Engine
5.1.00 File LengthN/A |
Description Added
2002-06-19 Description Modified2002-09-18 |
Malware Proliferation
Characteristics
This threat is detected as W97M/Generic. W97M/Rapmak.a infects Word97 and Word2K documents and templates. The virus contains one module - DPMmay2000 and disables the macro warning for Word97 and sets security level to low for Word2K.
If day is 13th of the month, the virus will cause the computer to beep and will also display the following message on closing the document:
Symptoms
The virus will display the above message on the 13th of the month.
Method of Infection
Opening infected documents will directly infect the local Word environment and any document used 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