For info and helpful links on the MS Word macro virus, see: URL: http://csrc.ncsl.nist.gov/first/resources/word.html --------- Information on the Microsoft Word Virus Reports Comments welcomed: first-sec@first.org This page contains links to information and related utilities for the Microsoft Word Macro Virus. The links and text on this page were mostly donated by a fellow FIRST member. The FIRST Secretariat would like to express its appreciation to this member and others who have contributed information. Microsoft's Writeup Microsoft has a writeup on the virus-like macro and has a scanning tool to remove the problem. Macintosh advisory DataFellows Web page DataFellows (the people who produce FProt) has an excellent informational web page, including images of what you would see if you had the virus. Also, you can download DataFellows' utility, which works on both PC's and Macintoshes. Download DataFellows Utility IBM Writeup An excellent write up by IBM. NCSA page The National Computer Security Assiciation has a page which contains images of what you'd see if you had the virus. S&S Writeup A writeup by S&S, the makers of Dr. Solomon's Antivirus Toolkit Sophos Plc A page written by Sophos Plc. AVP Page Eugene Kaspersky of the AVP Computer Virus Research Lab, wrote this excellent web page on the virus. Dave Phillips Information page. A page written by Dave Phillips. NH&A</a> A page consisting of an announcement and email traffic, written by NH&A. Datawatch Virus Definition Update Datawatch, (Virex), present a virus definition update to their product to find this virus on Macintoshes.