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Working of Word Macro Viruses

In MSWORD Macros can be executed from the following places:

To spread it-self & infect other files most macro viruses infects the global template (NORMAL.DOT). This ensures the control to the virus on every execution of MS-WORD. Thereafter each & every document gets infected.

Once the Macro Virus gets the Control it in tun calls the Macros designed with certain payload. The table explains some of the word macro viruses, their payloads and the macro used by them.