Date: Mon, 04 Nov 1996 23:41:29 GMT Server: NCSA/1.5 Content-type: text/html Last-modified: Sun, 25 Feb 1996 02:19:43 GMT Content-length: 2457 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

  1. Remove the macros: 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.
  2. Correct any affected documents (you must first complete Step 1 in order for this to work):