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Published Jul 15, 2009 | Updated Sep 15, 2017

Virus:W97M/Melissa.A

Detected by Microsoft Defender Antivirus

Aliases: No associated aliases

Summary

W97M/Melissa is a macro worm that spreads via e-mail and by infecting Word documents and templates. The worm has been designed to work in both, Office 97 (Word 8) and Office 2K (Word 9.0), and it uses Outlook to reach new targets through e-mail.
Manual removal is not recommended for this threat. To detect and remove this threat and other malicious software that may have been installed, run a full-system scan with an up-to-date antivirus product such as the Microsoft Safety Scanner (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=212742). For more information, see http://www.microsoft.com/protect/computer/viruses/vista.mspx.
 
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