On (20 Apr 97) Steve Bennett wrote to Kurt Wismer...
SB> >- Speaking of Windows 3.1 Virus questi, Kurt Wismer said this to
SB> Steven Williams on 15 Apr 97 09:36 -<
KW> they are macros written in visual basic for word (the ms word macro
KW> language) and are stored in the infected *.do? files (because word
KW> stores macros inside of the document files) and it spreads to other
KW> *.do? files and generally creates a big hassle for the user who has to
KW> then recover from all this..
SB> Big hassle? Nah...at school we're told to just delete the normal.dot
SB> when we get the concept virus...
But that will not clean your infected documents! Edit an infected
document and you are infected again! Now there are over one
hundred of those macro virus!
Gordon
... Man, that lighting sounds clo#A#V!v?##v .... NO CARRIER
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