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Database : WM.Concept
WM.Concept
Virus Name: WM.Concept
Aliases: Prank Macro
Type: MS Word macro virus
Resident: Yes, within Word environment
Stealth: No
Trigger: None
Payload:

There is a macro called PayLoad, which contains the text 'That's enough to prove my point', but this is never triggered.

Comments:

Winword.Concept (W97M.Concept) was the first virus written for the Microsoft Word environment found 'in the wild'. Today, it is one of the most commonly encountered viruses.

The virus takes control thanks to its AutoOpen macro; macros of this name are automatically run by Word if they are present in a document. It also contains a FileSaveAs macro which is invoked when Word is saving a document; this contains the infection code.

There are already a number of Winword.Concept (W97M.Concept) variants.

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