BEWARE OF W97M/ETHAN VIRUS

Virus Name  : W97M/Ethan

Alias             : Macro.Word97.Ethan, W97M.Ethan

Virus type    : Word Macro Virus

Threat level : Low

Virus details :

                     Ethan is a Word macro virus that replicates under Word 97. It was found in the wild in Northern Europe in January 1999. Ethan is a simple macro virus, consisting of a single macro less than 50 lines long. It infects Word's NORMAL.DOT template and documents by inserting its code to a module in the document.

                     To spread, the virus generates a file with the name "c:\ethan.___". This file alone is harmless and can be deleted after the disinfection. The file is listed as a hidden system file.

                     Ethan activates by random. Whenever a document is opened, there is a 3-in-10 chance that the virus will change the document's properties. If this happens, the virus changes the title of the document to "Ethan Frome", Author to "EW/LN/CB" and company to "Foo Bar Industries Inc.".

                     Ethan Frome" is a book written by Edith Wharton in 1911. It was also released as a movie in 1993, with Liam Neeson playing Ethan Frome. In addition, W97M/Ethan checks if the machine is already infected with the W97M/Class virus and if so, it delete the class.sys file that W97M/Class uses to replicate.

                     W97M/Ethan and its variants are very frequently reported in the wild.

How can I protect my system?

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How to remove W97M/Ethan virus?

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