Summary

For more information on macro viruses, see the description of WordMacro/Concept.

Additional Details

Goldfish is a simple macro virus which consists of two identical macros (Autoopen and Autoclose).

The virus activates by random, displaying a dialog box like this:

                GoldFish

                I am the GoldFish,
                I am hungry, feed me.

After that, the user is not allowed to continue until he writes one of the following words: fishfood, worms, worm, pryme, core.

Goldfish was reported to be in the wild in several countries in spring 1997.

[Analysis: Mikko Hypponen, F-Secure]