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W97M_ABRE.A
Overview

Malware type: Macro

Aliases: Trojan.MSWord.Pinky.d (Kaspersky), W97M/Abre (McAfee), Trojan.W97M.Abre (Symantec), HEUR/Macro.Word97 (Avira), WM97/Abre-A (Sophos),

In the wild: No

Destructive: No

Language: Spanish

Platform: Windows

Encrypted: No

Overall risk rating:


Description: 
This macro virus is supposed to execute when the system date is after March 5 and then overwrite the contents of an infected document. However, because of bugs contained in its virus codes, it does not execute its main function.

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Technical Details

Description created: Apr. 20, 2001 5:08:23 AM GMT -0800

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