ZDNet: 'Thursday' [Word macro] virus outbreak reported Sep 2, 1999, 17 :59 UTC (4 Talkback[s]) (3914 reads) (Other stories by Margaret Kane)
"Network Associates has reported an outbreak of
a Word Macro virus among banks and financial
institutions in eight different countries."
"The 'Thursday' virus was first detected last month,
and was reported by several anti-virus companies. It is a
Word 97 macro virus that infects the normal.dot file.
Network Associates said the virus will attempt to delete
all files on a user's C drive on December 13.
A spokesman for the company said that the virus may
have spread to at least one other industry, although it
does not appear to have begun striking consumers."
"...another concern is that the virus is a
'sleeper,' meaning users may not know they're infected
until December 13, when they could lose their files. The
date is also an issue because it is so close to the Year
2000 deadline, when companies IT departments are busy
dealing with other problems."
