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- Discovered:
- September 16, 2003
- Updated:
- February 13, 2007 12:07:30 PM
- Also Known As:
- W97M/Adenu [McAfee]
- Type:
- Macro
- Systems Affected:
- Macintosh, Windows 2000, Windows 3.x, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows NT, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP
W97M.Adenu.A is a Microsoft Word macro virus that infects the active document and the Normal.dot template when a Word document is created, opened, closed, saved, or printed.
The virus creates the file, %System%\GbcHS4664.VBS, which carries a copy of W97M.Adenu.A.
The virus has payloads of disabling the Visual Basic Editor and the macro protection warning in Word. On the June 26th, W97M.Adenu.A will overwrite the document contents with a message in Filipino.
Antivirus Protection Dates
- Initial Rapid Release version September 17, 2003
- Latest Rapid Release version September 28, 2010 revision 054
- Initial Daily Certified version September 17, 2003
- Latest Daily Certified version September 28, 2010 revision 036
- Initial Weekly Certified release date September 17, 2003
Click here for a more detailed description of Rapid Release and Daily Certified virus definitions.
Writeup By: Kevin Ha
