Date: Mon, 04 Nov 1996 23:41:29 GMT
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Word Virus
This virus has been going around, if you have Microsoft Word, please
check your system.
(This info is from Tech-partners)
The "Concept" virus is written using a WordBasic auto macro, which
means that it can affect both Macintosh and Windows versions of
Word 6, and Word 7 for Windows '95. The current version is harmless
but there is no reason why it could not be altered to be harmful;
anyone who has the virus has the source code.
Here's Microsoft's recommendation for how to deal with this
virus (excerpted from their tech-note #Q134727 in the
Microsoft
KnowledgeBase Choose the
product category "Word for Windows and Macintosh" and you can
type in this article number as a keyword to retrieve the entire
article.)
HOW TO REMOVE THE "CONCEPT" VIRUS
- Remove the macros:
- On the Tools menu, click Macro.
- In the Macros Available In list, click All Active
Templates.
- Select the macro named AAAZAO.
- Click the Delete button. Click Yes when asked if you want
to delete the macro.
- Repeat these steps for the macros named AAAZFS, AutoOpen,
and FileSaveAs.
NOTE: Leave the macro named PayLoad in the template.
Although this macro was installed by the prank macro, its
presence prevents the prank macro from installing itself
in the future.
- Correct any affected documents (you must first complete Step 1
in order for this to work):
- Open a document that has been affected by the document (a
dialog box containing the number one appears when you do
this).
- Select the entire document by pressing CTRL+A or by
clicking Select All on the Edit menu.
- Eliminate the document's final paragraph mark from the
selection by pressing SHIFT+Left Arrow.
- On the Edit menu, click Copy.
- On the File menu, click New. Select the template you
want to use, and click OK.
- On the Edit menu, click Paste.
- Save the document.