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Virus:W97M/Class.D
Detected by Microsoft Defender Antivirus
Aliases: W97M/Class.B (CA) Virus.MSWord.Class.d (Kaspersky) W97M/Class (McAfee) WM97/Class-D (Sophos) W97M.Class.A.Ge (Symantec) W97M_CLASS.DB (Trend Micro)
Summary
Virus:W97M/Class.D is a Word 97 Macro virus that infects Word documents and templates.
Virus:W97M/Class.D infects document files and templates used on an infected computer. To clean these files, you must run a full-system scan with an up-to-date antivirus product. Several companies provide antivirus software for this purpose. For more information, see http://www.microsoft.com/protect/computer/viruses/vista.mspx.