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W97M/Ethan

Posted: September 6, 2007

W97M/Ethan is a Word macro virus designed to infect Word 97. W97M/Ethan consists of a single macro less than 50 lines long. W97M/Ethan infects Word's NORMAL.DOT template and documents by inserting its code to a module in the document. W97M/Ethan uses an effective way to hide its code. By using special WordBasic operators W97M/Ethan installs its module into Word classes. The virus code is appended as a native Word component. As a result W97M/Ethan is not visible in the Tools/Macro menu.

One Comment

  • madhur says:
    March 27, 2009 at 11:32 am

    It's good to know how and where the viruses attack the system. Just gives an extra insight of what goes inside the operating system.

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