Eng
  1. Skip to navigation
  2. Skip to content
  3. Skip to sidebar


Hope


Aliases:

Hope
NoHope

Malware
Virus
W97M

Summary

W97M/Hope is a simple Word class infector.



Disinfection & Removal

Allow F-Secure Anti-Virus to disinfect the relevant files.

For more general information on disinfection, please see Removal Instructions.



Technical Details


Variant:Hope.A

When an infected document is opened, W97M/Hope.A disables the macro virus protection. It also removes both "Tools/Macros" and "Tools/Options..." menus.

Then the virus infects the global template and all documents opened or closed thereafter.






Technical Details: Sami Rautiainen, F-Secure



Submit a sample

Wondering if a file or URL is malicious? Submit a sample to our Lab for analysis via the Sample Analysis System (SAS)



F-Secure Community

Give advice. Get advice. Share the knowledge on our free discussion forum.