WM: Word Macro viruses that
replicate under Word6.0 and
Word95 (Word7.0). They may
also replicate under Word97
(Word8.0), but are not native to
Word97.
W97M:
Word97 Macro viruses. These
are native to Word97 and
replicate under Word97 only.
XM:
Excel Macro viruses that are
native to Excel5.0 and Excel95.
These viruses may replicate in
Excel97 as well.
X97M:
Excel Macro viruses that are
native to Excel97. These viruses
may replicate under Excel5.0
and Excel95 as well.
XF:
Excel Formula viruses are
viruses using old Excel4.0
embedded sheets within newer
Excel documents.
AM:
Access Macro viruses that are
native to Access95.
A97M:
Access Macro viruses that
replicate in Access97.
W95:
Windows95 viruses that infect
files under the Windows95
operating system. Windows95
viruses often work in
Windows98 also.
Win:
Windows3.x viruses that infect
files under the Windows3.x
operating systems.
W32:
32-bit Windows viruses that can
infect under all 32-bit
Windows platforms.
WNT:
32-bit Windows viruses that can
infect under the Windows NT
operating systems.
HLLC:
High Level Language
Companion virus. These are
usually DOS viruses that create
an additional file (the
companion) to spread.
HLLP:
High Level Language Parisitic
virus. These are usually DOS
viruses that attach themselves to
host files.
HLLO:
High Level Language
Overwriting virus. These are
usually DOS viruses that
overwrite the host file with viral
code.
Trojan/Troj:
These files are not viruses, but
Trojan Horses. Trojan Horses
are files that masquarade as
helpful programs, but turn out to
be malicious code. Trojan
Horses do not replicate.
VBS:
Viruses that are written using the
Visual Basic Script
programming language.
AOL:
Trojans that are specific to
America Online environments
and usually steal AOL password
information.
PWSTEAL:
Trojans that steal passwords.
Java:
Viruses that are written using the
JAVA programming language.
