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Help with virus info! Sakura Avalon 04-14-2008
Posted by Sakura Avalon on April 14, 2008, 5:48 pm
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Hello, I remember having an computer once on the 90s and I opened a message
and the computers started to send macros what virus was?

Posted by Malke on April 14, 2008, 6:05 pm
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Sakura Avalon wrote:

> Hello, I remember having an computer once on the 90s and I opened a
> message and the computers started to send macros what virus was?

There isn't any way to tell. There were lots of them. Go to one of the big
antivirus companies' websites (Symantec, TrendMicro, McAfee) and look in
their databases for old Word/DOS viruses.

Malke
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Posted by jen on April 14, 2008, 8:17 pm
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> Hello, I remember having an computer once on the 90s and I opened a
> message and the computers started to send macros what virus was?

The Concept virus was the first known example of a Macro Virus...
http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/~af380/ConceptMacro.html

-jen



Posted by FromTheRafters on April 14, 2008, 8:29 pm
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> Hello, I remember having an computer once on the 90s and I opened a
> message and the computers started to send macros what virus was?

Perhaps "Mellissa" or the "I Love You" virus?

Without more information all you'll get is guesses.


Posted by Volodymyr M. Shcherbyna on April 16, 2008, 11:19 am
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Amount of viruses which are spreading using scripting functionality of MS
Office products is huge, so do not search for a needles in the hay.

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> Hello, I remember having an computer once on the 90s and I opened a
> message and the computers started to send macros what virus was?



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