WM97/Marker-A

Category: Viruses and Spyware Protection available since:19 Jan 1999 00:00:00 (GMT)
Type: Word 97 macro virus Last Updated:19 Jan 1999 00:00:00 (GMT)
Prevalence: No Reports

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WM97/Marker-A is a Word macro virus. The virus keeps a log of user addresses and machines names as comments at the bottom of the macro, which is updated on each new infection.

Many variants of WM97/Marker-A have a payload similar to WM97/Marker-C. As well as logging infections at the bottom of the macro, they FTP the user information to the Codebreakers hacking website.

Some variants of WM97/Marker-A do not FTP the information but instead have a payload similar to WM97/Ethan.

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