W97M.Sherlock

Risk Level 1: Very Low

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Discovered:: June 16, 2000
Updated:: February 13, 2007 11:48:54 AM
Also Known As:: W97M.Sherlock.A, W97M.Sherlock.B, W97M.Sherlock.C, W97M.Sherlock.D, W97M.Sherlock.E, W97M.Sherlock.F, Macro.Word97.Sherlock, W97M/Sherlock.A

W97M.Sherlock is a family of simple macro viruses that infect the currently active document and the Normal.dot template when an infected document is closed. Once Normal.dot is infected, clean documents will be infected when they are closed.

Antivirus Protection Dates

Initial Rapid Release version June 16, 2000
Latest Rapid Release version June 16, 2000
Initial Daily Certified version June 16, 2000
Latest Daily Certified version June 16, 2000
Initial Weekly Certified release date pending

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Threat Assessment

Wild

Wild Level: Low
Number of Infections: 0 - 49
Number of Sites: 0 - 2
Geographical Distribution: Low
Threat Containment: Easy
Removal: Easy

Damage

Damage Level: Low

Distribution

Distribution Level: Low

Writeup By: Atli Gudmundsson

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