[ale] Anything MS touches....

[Keith R. Watson]

At 03:30 PM 10/1/97 -0600, you wrote:
>This was just mailed to our help desk at Lockheed:
>
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>Upon attempting to exit wabi just now I got this little pop up window
>that says:
> 
>You are infected with MDMA_DMV. Brought to you by MDMA (Many Delinquent
>Modern Anarchists)
>  
>With an OK button.
>   
>I'm not going to make a move untill I get some instruction.
>    
>HELP!
>
>Eric
>
>
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>Robert L. Harris          |    If NT is the answer,
>System Engineer For Hire. \_     you don't understand the question.
> 
>Email:
>Robert at ast.lmco.com
>http://www.orci.com/~nomad
>  
>DISCLAIMER:
>  These are MY OPINIONS ALONE.  I speak for no-one else.
>   
>perl -e 'print $i=pack(c5,(41*2),sqrt(7056),(unpack(c,H)-2),oct(115),10);'
>
>


I got the following information from the Data Fellows virus information
database.

http://www.DataFellows.com/vir-info/

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NAME: MDMA ALIAS: Stickykeys, SHMK This is a Word macro virus which spreads
via Word 6+ documents.

This virus is able to infect any language version of Word 6.x and 7.x
running on Windows, Win95, WinNT or Macintosh.

If an infected document is closed on the first day of any month, the virus
will try to destroy data and displays a message box: You are infected with
MDMA_DMV.

Brought to you by MDMA (Many Delinquent Modern Anarchists) MDMA is a
well-known abbreviation for methylenedioxy-methylamphetamine, ie.

These will cause all shift keys to stay 'pressed down' when they are used
and change the screen colors to be easily readable.

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The F-Prot anti-virus package comes with a utility called F-Macrow that
will detect and remove macro viruses.

v2.27a is the current version and can be found at

ftp://ftp.gatech.edu/pub/virus/fp-227a.zip


keith
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Keith R. Watson                        GTRI/AIST
Computer Services Specialist IV        Georgia Institute of Technology
keith.watson at gtri.gatech.edu           Atlanta, GA  30332-0816
404-894-0836