Delivered via the Microsoft Word "normal.dot" template in an infected document. Once the default normal.dot template is infected, all documents opened after that are infected.

The virus deletes system files and subdirectories on the host's hard drive.

The virus is programmed to strike between 1 A.M. and 11 A.M. between the 1st and 20th of each month.

If an infected document is unused during those times, the virus remains dormant until the infected document may be opened during the next occurrence of the specified time and day window.

Trend Micro is offering free software to detect and clean this virus. See their website: http://www.antivirus.com/.

DGL's has created an anti-virus information page.

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updated November 18, 1996
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