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Subject:Re: Word 97: What do you do when Normal.dot dies? From:RJACOBSE -at- GPS -dot- COM Date:Tue, 30 Sep 1997 16:44:09 -0500
Dave,
I beg to differ; McAfee VirusScan95 and NetShieldNT DO detect several
variants of Word macro viruses. I've seen it happen. Dr. Solomon Software
claims their virus checker can detect macro viruses; I'm not sure about
Symantec's.
Regards,
Roy Jacobsen
Date : 09/30/97 04:05 p.m.
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From : dcm @ KPCO.COM
Subject : Re: Word 97: What do you do when Normal.dot dies?
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If Im not mistaken(surely Ill be corrected) you can simply delete the
normal.dot and Word will regenerate a default version of it.
Also, there is no virus checker that can detect a Word Macro virus.
These are simply word macros and look as such to any virus checker.
Dave
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