WAZZU VIRUS

Information about the Wazzu virus:

This virus infects Word documents, templates and the NORMAL.DOT file of Word 6 and Word for Windows 95. The virus code is contained in one macro named "AutoOpen".

When the first infected document is opened by Word the virus gets control and it checks whether the Global Template file (NORMAL.DOT) is infected. If it is not infected then the virus copies its macros to NORMAL.DOT and there by infecting it. Then onwards the virus will be infecting all the new document files created in that computer.

Wazzu randomly puts the text "Wazzu" inside the document..

Wazzu virus first appeared in 1996 and it is in the wild.

Variants of of Wazzu virus :

Wazzu has several variants. They differ from the first virus in the frequency of the insertion of the text. Some variants do not alter the test at all.

Other names of Wazzu virus :
This worm is also known as WM/Wazzu, Word.Wazzu, Meatgrinder and AntiNS