Selected viruses, spyware, and other threats: sorted alphabetically
W97M/Wordo |
This macro virus attacks MS Word documents when they are being opened. It turns off the Word anti-virus protection. Then the virus checks the system date and if it is April 28th it displays the following window

The virus attacks the template NORMAL.DOT and active documents. It does not contain any destructive activities. It does not have much chance to spread because any of the better macros heuristics detects it.
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