Kaspersky Threats — BlackDeath

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This is an encrypted Word macro virus. It contains three macros: AutoExec,
AutoOpen, BlackDeath. The virus replicates itself when documents are
opened (AutoOpen).

On Friday 13th it prints the text to the status line:



Please wait… Scanning disk!

and deletes the files:



C:*.COM

C:WINDOWS*.INI

It then prints:



Please wait… Reading directories!

and deletes the files:



C:AOL30ORGANIZE*.*

C:AOL30IDB*.*

C:WINDOWS*.COM

C:WINDOWS*.HLP

C:WINDOWS*.CPL

C:WINDOWS*.BMP

C:*.EXE”.

It then displays the MessageBoxes:



Your computer is now lost to the ages…

WM.BlackDeath

Written on 6/6/1997

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Class	Virus
Platform	MSWord
Description	Technical Details This is an encrypted Word macro virus. It contains three macros: AutoExec, AutoOpen, BlackDeath. The virus replicates itself when documents are opened (AutoOpen). On Friday 13th it prints the text to the status line: Please wait… Scanning disk! and deletes the files: C:.COM C:WINDOWS.INI It then prints: Please wait… Reading directories! and deletes the files: C:AOL30ORGANIZE. C:AOL30IDB. C:WINDOWS.COM C:WINDOWS.HLP C:WINDOWS.CPL C:WINDOWS.BMP C:*.EXE”. It then displays the MessageBoxes: Your computer is now lost to the ages… WM.BlackDeath Written on 6/6/1997
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Virus.MSWord.BlackDeath

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