For more information on Word macro viruses, see WordMacro/Concept.
WordMacro/Kompu was found from Estonia in December 1996. It spreads
when infected DOC files are opened to Word. After this, all other
documents will get infected when they are opened or closed.
On the 6th or 8th of any month, the virus activates. When any document
is opened on these dates, the virus will display a dialog box with
the title "Mul on paha tuju!" and the question "Tahan kommi!".
These texts are in Estonian and mean "I'm in a bad mood" and "Give me a
candy". The virus will not let the user continue working until he
writes the word 'komm' (candy) to the window. After this, the virus
changes the Word status bar text to read:
Namm-Namm-Namm-Namm-Amps-Amps-Klomps-Kraak!
Kompu.A has been reported to be in the wild in several European
countries.
This is another variant of Estonian virus Kompu. It was found in
November 1997.
Kompu.I activates by switching to normal view and setting document
magnification to 200 percent.
This happens every time an infected document is opened. At this time
virus also displays a message box with the following text:
Still don't see the text ? I'll fix that problem ;)
The virus body contains this text:
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= INFORMATION ABOUT THIS VIRUS =
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Reason: Educational
Name: Spreader
Made in Estonia
Made by the TPAR team
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[Analysis: Mikko Hypponen and Katrin Tocheva, F-Secure Ltd]
