Macrovirus

The macrovirus use the computer programming language of a software to deteriorate operation of it. They attack mainly the files of the users.

Their expansion is with the facts that they are integrated into very exchanged files and that their programming is with range of all.

Software concerned

Microsoft Office

This office automation continuation at the same time is used and the main victim of the macrovirus.

It is Visual BASIC which makes it possible to write these macro-orders for Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel.

OpenOffice.org

The software OpenOffice.org is potentially vulnerable to this type of germ because it also allows the creation of macros. But the software carries out the macro ones contained in a document only after the confirmation of the user, preventing the execution of the virus.

May 30th, 2006, a “proof-off-concept” named Virus.StarOffice.Stardust.a by Kaspersky was discovered, it is not regarded by the group responsible for the office automation continuation as a true virus.

Macro common viruses

External bonds

  • Description of " Virus.StarOffice.Stardust.a"

  • Description of " Virus.StarOffice.Stardust.b"

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