Summary
Vale is a Word 97 macro virus which contains copycat of Melissa mass-mailing part to spread via email using Outlook application.
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Technical Details
Variant:Vale.A
Vale.A is a Word 97 macro virus which contains copycat of Melissa mass-mailing part to spread via email using Outlook application. The email looks like this:
From: (name of infected user) Subject: Make A lot of Money (name of infected user) To:(50 names from alias list) Body: In this Document This Its Opportunity to Win A lotof Money Attachment: infected document
The virus lowers the security settings of Office 2000 and disables the built-in macro virus protection.
Vale.A contains a few payloads. They activate when the day is January 1, May 19, Sptember 20 and December 25. Then the virus shows different messages in Portuguese. The messages that Vale shows on January 1st looks as follows:
Feliz Ano Novo E Que Esse Ano O Nosso Governo Seja Melhor!! :)
AlevirusS>C>S 1999 04/10/99 Dinheiro Virus Brasil
Virus Feito Em Protesto Ao Desemprego Crescente
Faz Alguma Coisa Presidente O Povo Brasileiro Quer Trabalho!!!
Enquanto Eu No Arrumar Emprego Presidente Os Virus Continuaram A Aparecer!!
Nota. Viviane Veloso dos Santos alem de Prostituta e Drogada agora tambem esa Ladra foi pega roubando no Mercado Extra no qual trabalhava e que foi por justa causa despedida por Roubo. Alem de outro fato que quero compartilhar com vc caro usurio ela sai a noite de sua casa sabe DEUS pra onde e para fazer o que. Vamos dizer que no sabemos pra que certo hehe. Larga seu filhinho de 5 anos de idade dormindo sozinho no apartamento de sua Me. Me lembro da ultima vez que fez isso a criana acordou assustada procurando alguem e por motivo de estar sozinha no apartamento quase caiu da janela do quarto andar do presadio. Agradeo aos vizinhos que ao escutarem o choro acudiram rapidamente arrombando a porta e evitando uma tragesadia certa agora caro usurio gostaria de saber de vc o que se faz com uma MAE assim mande-me um email com sua opinio para vaca@geocities.com quem quer saber esa o PAI da CRIANA ela agora no deixa mais eu ver nem falar com meu filho P.S este Vrus No esa Destrutivo!!"
The virus saves the infected active document as Money.doc and Dinheiro.doc in Windows directory and uses these document to send them when a connection is made using mIRC chat client.
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