W97M_BABLAS.GC - Description and solution

W97M_BABLAS.GC

Overview

Aliases: Virus.MSWord.Babals (Kaspersky), W97M/Bablas.dam (McAfee), W97M.Bablas.Gen (Symantec), W97M/Bablas.EA (Avira), WM97/Bablas-ED (Sophos),

In the wild: No

Destructive: No

Language: English

Platform: Windows 95, 98, ME, NT, 2000, XP

Encrypted: No

Overall risk rating:

Reported infections:
Damage potential:		Medium
Distribution potential:		Low

Description:

This macro virus is a variant of W97M_BABLAS, and infects documents opened and closed in MS Word 97, 2000, XP, and also the Normal Template. It infects files by intercepting the following automacros:

Autoopen
Fileclose
Filesave
Fileopen

It runs on Windows 95, 98, ME, NT, 2000 and XP.

For additional information about this threat, see:
Solution
Technical Details

Description created: Apr. 3, 2004 10:03:57 PM GMT -0800
Description updated: Apr. 3, 2004 10:40:34 PM GMT -0800

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