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Macro.Word.Box.a

Description Macro.Word.Box.a

This macro virus contains seven macros: AutoOpen, AutoClose, Box, Dead, FilePrint, FilePrintDefault, ToolsMacro. On AutoOpen and AutoClose the virus infects the global macros and documents. ToolsMacro macro is used to disable Tools/Macro menu. Other macros contain infection and trigger routines.
The virus manifests itself in several ways. It inserts a text in Chinese into documents that are printed, displays message boxes, drops and launches the "OneHalf.3544" virus, plays some sound (WAV) file, runs the DOS commands:
echo y|format c:/u
echo y|format c:/u/v:Twnos1

The virus contains the strings that are inserted into documents and displayed in MessageBoxes:
Taiwan Super No.1 Macro Virus
Twno1-S
Today Is My Birthday

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Tanpro Family

Description Tanpro Family

These are memory resident parasitic viruses. They hook INT 21h and write themselves to the beginning of COM and EXE files that are executed. The viruses contain the text string:
(c)tanpro'94

"Tanpro.524" is a harmless virus, it does not manifest itself in any way. "Tanpro.749" depending on its internal counters "shakes" the screen. It also contains the text:
Screen Shaker 5th

Tanya family

Description Tanya family
This virus corrupts the DRWEB.EXE anti-virus, and displays messages written in Russian. If a Windows NewEXE file is found (NE, PE), the virus overwrites it with a program that displays the following message:
This program must be run under OS/2.

The virus also contains the texts:
*.æ0M *.àòE
PATH=COMSPEC=OBSHCHESTVO=
DRWEB.EXE

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