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Antimarc | |
Threat Level DamageDistribution |
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| Common name: | Antimarc |
| Technical name: | W97M/AntiMarc.A |
| Threat level: | Low |
| Alias: | Antimarc.A |
| Type: | Virus |
| Effects: | It infects Word documents and the global NORMAL.DOT template. It spreads via e-mail and mIRC programs. |
| Affected platforms:
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Windows 2003/XP/2000/NT/ME/98/95 |
| Detection updated on: | Nov. 13, 2002 |
| Statistics | No |
| Family: | VALENTIN |
Brief Description | |
Antimarc is a macro virus that infects Word documents and the global template (NORMAL.DOT file). In addition, Antimarc spreads via e-mail and through the chat program mIRC. In order to spread via e-mail, Antimarc sends itself out in e-mail messages created by the virus. In order to spread through an mIRC chat program, Antimarc sometimes sends itself out to the users of a certain chat channel in a file attached to an obscene message. |
Visible Symptoms | |
An indication that Antimarc has infected your computer is an e-mail message whose content is made up of letters selected at random, or, if it is received through IRC, an obscene message with an attached file called XXXPASSWORDS.DOC. |