Virus:W97M/Ded.gen

Detected by Microsoft Defender Antivirus

Aliases: W97M/Ded.A (Norman) WM97/Ded-N (Sophos) WORD.97.Ded.A (VirusBuster) W97M/Ded (AVG) W97M.Ded.K (BitDefender) W97M/Ded.A (ESET) Virus.MSWord.Ded.b (Kaspersky) W97M/Ded.gen (McAfee) W97M/Ded.A (Panda) W97M.Ded.T.gen (Symantec) W97M_DED.A (Trend Micro)

Summary

Virus:W97M/Ded.gen is a generic detection for a Microsoft Word VBA Class module virus that infects Word documents and templates.

Scan with antivirus software

Virus:W97M/Ded.gen 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.windowsmarketplace.com/category.aspx?bcatid=3303.

Virus:W97M/Ded.gen

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Scan with antivirus software

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