W97M.Zina.intd

Discovered:
November 6, 2001
Updated:
February 13, 2007 11:37:41 AM
Also Known As:
WM.Larva
Type:
Macro

W97M.Zina.intd is an intended virus that was designed to infect Microsoft Word documents. It was created with the intention of copying itself to the root of available drives, infecting other documents, and inserting the following text into the infected document:



This virus fails due to bugs and typos in the code. The name "Zina" is derived from syntax in the virus code.

Antivirus Protection Dates

  • Initial Rapid Release version November 7, 2001
  • Latest Rapid Release version November 7, 2001
  • Initial Daily Certified version November 7, 2001
  • Latest Daily Certified version November 7, 2001
  • Initial Weekly Certified release date pending
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Writeup By: Patrick Nolan

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