W97M.Bench.G

Risk Level 1: Very Low

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Discovered:: July 23, 2003
Updated:: February 13, 2007 12:04:06 PM
Also Known As:: Macro.Word97.Skyline [KAV], W97M/Skyline.A [RAV], W97M/Bench.C [FProt], W97M_BENCH.F [Trend], W97M/Bencg.gen [McAfee]
Type:: Virus, Macro
Systems Affected:: Windows 2000, Windows 3.x, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows NT, Windows XP

W97M.Bench.G is a simple macro virus that infects the currently active document and Normal.dot template when an infected document is opened. Once Normal.dot is infected, clean documents will be infected when they are opened.

The virus sets the animation property of the font of the active document to SparkleText or Shimmer, depending on the current time.

Antivirus Protection Dates

Initial Rapid Release version July 23, 2003
Latest Rapid Release version July 23, 2003
Initial Daily Certified version July 23, 2003
Latest Daily Certified version July 23, 2003
Initial Weekly Certified release date July 23, 2003

Click for a more detailed description of Rapid Release and Daily Certified virus definitions.

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: John Canavan

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