Summary

W97M/Brenda is a simple Word 97 class infector. This virus makes lots of changes in the registry of the infected system.

The changes are:

- Name of "My Computer" is replaced with "Little Miss Nick"

- If the machine has WinZip it is registered to "Nick FitzGerald the queen"

- The game "Hearts" is renamed to "NicKKK"

- A new user account is added with the name of Asexual

- Label of drive C: is changed to "n0nuts"

Nick Fitzgerald used to be the editor of the Virus Bulletin magazine. He has nothing to do with the virus.

[Analysis: Katrin Tocheva & Miika Lehikoinen, F-Secure]