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Database : WM.Wazzu
WM.Wazzu
Virus Name: WM.Wazzu
Aliases: None known
Type: MS Word macro virus
Resident: Yes, within Word environment
Stealth: No
Trigger: Every time a document is infected.
Payload:

Between one and three words in the document are randomly moved to another location. Additionally, the word "wazzu" may be inserted into the document at a random location.

The virus is particularly damaging because there can be no automated way of undoing the effects of the payload. The word "wazzu" can be searched for and removed, but only careful manual checking can find and fix the moved words.

Comments:

It is an insidiously damaging Word macro virus that is very common in the wild. Technically it is a very simple virus, spreading in the manner common to most Word macro viruses.

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