                   [ATOM WordMacro Virus Information]
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                   WordMacro/ATOM

                   ATOM consists of 4 macros - AutoOpen, FileOpen,
                   FIleSaveAs, and ATOM - all of which are
                   execute-only.

                   When an infected document is opened, ATOM infects
                   the global template. If the auto macros are
                   disabled, the virus is rendered ineffective. ATOM
                   does not turn off the prompting when saving the
                   global template, so if prompting is turned on you
                   will be prompted to save changes to the global
                   template at the end of the session.

                   After the global template is infected, ATOM calls
                   its first destructive payload. If the current date
                   is December 13, the virus deletes all files in the
                   current directory.

                   Once the virus is active (i.e., it has infected the
                   global template), it infects all documents which are
                   saved via the FileSaveAs command or which are opened
                   via the FileOpen command. If the seconds field of
                   the current time is 13 at the time of infection ,
                   the virus encrypts the document being saved with the
                   password "ATOM#1".

                   WordMacro/ATOM is not known to be in the wild.
