In computing terminology, a macro virus is a virus that is written in a macro language: a programming language which is embedded inside a software application...

computer viruses in VBA, commonly known as macro viruses. In the mid-to-late 1990s, this became one of the most common types of computer virus. However...

The Melissa virus is a mass-mailing macro virus released on or around March 26, 1999. It targets Microsoft Word and Outlook-based systems and created...

"document virus") is a virus that is written in a macro language and embedded into these documents so that when users open the file, the virus code is executed...

advisory organizations and developers of anti-virus software compile and publish lists of viruses. When a new virus appears, the rush begins to identify and...

first widely known macro virus to spread through Microsoft Word (though not the first macro virus per se) Nimda (2001), named Concept Virus by its author,...

virus body which refer to these macros. So, in order to implement macros viruses which can change its contents, hackers have to create another macro which...

computer virus. September: ReBoot first airs, containing another memorable fictional, sentient computer virus, Megabyte. The first Macro virus, called...

converted the previous version to a separate directory. The Princeton Word Macro Virus Loophole was discovered on August 22, 1996, nine days after Internet...

gangs. Initial infection of target systems often proceeds through a macro virus in an email attachment. The infected email is a legitimate-appearing...

files differ only in that VSDM files may contain macros. Since these files are susceptible to macro virus infection, the program enforces strict security...

additional viruses. Bob LeVitus praised and recommended Disinfectant in 1992. In May 1998, Norstad retired Disinfectant, citing the new danger posed by macro viruses...

to Word 95. Word Viewer 7.1 would execute WordBasic macros without warning. The typical macro virus would not spread, but it could still execute (including...

engineering (security) Malware Spyware Backdoor (computing) Computer virus Computer worm Macro virus Keystroke logging Trojan horse Hardware Trojan Eavesdropping...

invented word "Kwyjibo" in the episode inspired the creator of the Melissa macro virus and the name of an iron oxide copper-gold deposit in Quebec. The episode...

programs. These macro viruses infect documents and templates rather than applications (executables), but rely on the fact that macros in a Word document...

directives, symbolic labels of, e.g., memory locations, registers, and macros are generally also supported. The first assembly code in which a language...

VBA made Excel a target for macro viruses. This caused serious problems until antivirus products began to detect these viruses. Microsoft belatedly took...

in 1999. A prominent example was the Melissa virus, but countless others have existed. These macro viruses were the only known cross-platform threats between...

Powerful macros used in word processor applications, such as Microsoft Word, presented a risk. Virus writers could use the macros to write viruses embedded...

History, vol. 49, no. 1. (Winter 2003), pp. 102-109. http://www.softpanorama.org/Malware/Malware_defense_history/Ch05_macro_viruses/Zoo/melissa.shtml...

confirmation is skipped and the format begins right away. The WM/FormatC macro virus uses this command to format drive C: as soon as a document is opened...

vulnerable to future macro viruses that could compromise Word (and Excel) documents, leading to the only situation where viruses could be cross-platform...

conserved structural module found in all kingdoms of life as well as some viruses. Macro domains are modules of about 180 amino acids that can bind ADP-ribose...

example, the open source ClamAV "Detects ... viruses, worms and trojans, including Microsoft Office macro viruses, mobile malware, and other threats." Cases...

using this system: for example, the first widespread Microsoft Word macro virus, Concept, is formally named WM/Concept.A, its 26th variant WM/Concept...

to macro viruses in 1995. She also wrote the first report on Linux viruses in the wild. She is known for inventing the term "vX" to refer to Virus Exchange...

of three months. The first major IE security hole, the Princeton Word Macro Virus Loophole, was discovered on August 22, 1996 in IE3. Backwards compatibility...

property of WordPerfect macros is that they are not embedded in a document. As a result, WordPerfect is not prone to macro viruses or malware, unlike MS...

transported down alone believing the virus would not affect him. After discovering the virus was a macro-virus, able to reproduce at large scale, the...