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echo: novell
to: RICH WONNEBERGER
from: MICHAEL CALLERY
date: 1997-02-20 22:50:00
subject: virus protection

On (15 Feb 97) Rich Wonneberger wrote to Mike Morais...
 RW> *** Quoting Mike Morais to Harry Oldenhuis dated 02-02-97 ***
 RW> > HO> Apparently the Virus is written in a document that you read,
 RW> > HO> like Text file.
 RW> >
 RW> > The virus your friend was referring to is a hoax.  It's supposed to
 RW> > be in a message entitled 'Good Times' (IIRC).
 RW> The virus -does- exist..
 RW> It doesnt let you save files you work on in MS WORD..
 RW> Its not the GT virus you mention'd..  Dont remember the name, but we
 RW> had it at work..   :{
The virus is referred to as the "concept" virus or the "pranskter" virus
and is a macro built into a Microsoft Word document.  It changes
characteristics in the normal.dot template that affects our ability to
open an existing document and re-save it. It forces a save as to
template, and before you realize it, your work becomes a template and is
not where you last stored it.
--- PPoint 2.02
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