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F-Secure Virus Descriptions : Angus





NAME:Angus
ORIGIN:Greece

For background information on Word macro viruses, see the description of the WordMacro/Concept virus.

This is a complex Word macro virus. It activates on the 23rd of October. At this date it encrypts accessed Word documents with a random password.

It also might insert the following texts to documents:

        NAENBGOURSG

        Hello from GREECE.

On 24th of October the virus creates a file called PCGURU4.BAT to the current directory. This file contains the following lines:

     @echo off
     Rem PcGuru4 virus by NAENBGOURSG
     Rem Golden Version 4.3
     type PcGuru4.bat >> PcGuru4.bat

     The virus also contains the following text:

     'by NAENBGOURSG
     'SO.HT.AI.KS
     '231076 -- GREECE
     'VRD 23-4-1997
     'VRP A.U.A

[Analysis: Mikko Hypponen, F-Secure]