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WM97/Falcon-A

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Prevalence low high

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WM97/Falcon-A is a Word macro virus. It replicates with errors.

On an infected system access to File|Templates and the Visual Basic Editor is disabled.

When a user attempts to access the VB Editor two message boxes are displayed:

One has the title "CVBEditor::ShowWindow() error!" and contains the text "Installation error 0x80000025 Please reinstall Visual Basic for Applications".

CVBEditor::ShowWindow() error!

The other displayed message box has the title "MacroProt v2.0 Beta" with the text "To prevent viruses the system administrator has disabled Macro editing".

MacroProt v2.0 Beta

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