08 Feb 2000
Sophos uncovers new Visio macro viruses
Not yet considered a threat...
SYDNEY - Sophos, the world's leader in network-ready anti-virus
software, has announced the discovery of the first macro viruses to
target Visio drawings.
VM5/Radiant-A (also known as VIS5/RadiantAngels) and
VM5/Unstable-A (also known as V2KM/Unstable, Visio2000.Unstable and
Visio2K.Unstable) are being analysed by Sophos virus researchers in
the Sophos virus labs. Neither has been reported from the wild, and
they are not yet considered a significant threat.
Detection for these viruses will be included in a future version
of Sophos Anti-Virus.
Microsoft acquired Visio Corp, which develops business drawing
and diagramming software, last month (January). The Visio product
incorporates the Visual Basic for Applications macro language also
found in Microsoft's Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, and Project
products.
About Sophos
More than 100 million users in 150 countries rely on Sophos as the best protection against complex threats and data loss. Sophos is committed to providing security and data protection solutions that are simple to manage, deploy and use and that deliver the industry's lowest total cost of ownership. Sophos offers award-winning encryption, endpoint security, web, email, and network access control solutions backed by SophosLabs - a global network of threat intelligence centers. With more than two decades of experience, Sophos is regarded as a leader in security and data protection by top analyst firms and has received many industry awards.
Sophos is headquartered in Boston, US and Oxford, UK. More information is available at www.sophos.com.