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Virus:W97M/Locale.A
Detected by Microsoft Defender Antivirus
Aliases: Virus.MSWord.Locale (Kaspersky) W97M/Locale.gen (McAfee) W97M.Locale.A (Symantec) W97M_LOCALE (Trend Micro)
Summary
Virus:W97M/Locale.A is a Microsoft Word VBA module virus that infects Word documents and templates. This virus does not perform a payload other than to infect other files.
Virus:W97M/Locale.A 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.
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