Win32.Atav.1939
Description Win32.Atav.1939
This is a dangerous, non-memory resident encrypted parasitic Win32 virus. It searches for PE EXE files in the current directory, then writes itself to the end of the file. The infection procedure is buggy and destroys the PE-file structure, and most of infected files become corrupted.
The virus contains the following "copyright" and other text strings:
Win9x.ATAV (c)oded by Radix16[MIONS]
AVG?????.DAT
AVP.CRC
ANTI-VIR.DAT
CHKLIST.MS
AVP Monitor
AVG Control Center
It seems the virus author intended to delete anti-virus files and kill anti-virus processes, but such routines are not executed.
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Macro.Word.Dodger
Description Macro.Word.Dodger
This is an encrypted Word macro virus. It contains two macros: AutoOpen, FileSaveAs. The virus infects the global macros area (NORMAL.DOT) on opening an infected document and writes itself to documents that are saved with new name. While infecting the NORMAL.DOT the virus beeps by the PC speaker and displays the MessageBox:
*** tHe aRtFuL dOdGeR ***
Macro.Word.Doggie.a
Description Macro.Word.Doggie.a
This macro virus contains three macros: Doggie, AutoOpen and FileSaveAs. It display the message box with the text "Doggie".
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