Check this link out http://forums.macosxhints.com/archive/index.php/t-21277.html
This is a Macro-Virus so it can infect any Word document regardless of platform. All that has to happen is a user opens an infected document, the macro-virus loads then infects any document that is opened while the virus is active. The payload is probably not going to work on a Mac though, but it will be able to infect other documents that get loaded on that computer. If you are running Sophos make sure you have the option checked to scan for Windows Viruses to detect this type of problem in the future. You will have to check if you are running another scanner to see if there is an option to scan for Windows Viruses. -------------------------------------------------- From: "Karl Hehr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2008 3:14 PM To: "Info-Tech" <[email protected]> Subject: [info-tech] I need a guinea pig | OK, so I have a staff member that created a file on his OSx computer | and sent it out to other districts and it is being returned as having | a virus by just a few of the recipients (SE Webster, and Gmail are the | two I remember off hand), W97M/Marker.fam to be exact. I was | wondering if there is a kind soul out there running Windows computers | to see if the file does indeed have a virus or if the district has | something odd with their anit-virus gateways. THis would be the first | time I would have ever seen an Apple computer completely generate a | virus and hide it in a word document. | | | Karl H. Hehr | Technology/Curriculum Director | South Hamilton CSD | www.s-hamilton.k12.ia.us | 515.827.5418 (W) | 515.209.9767 (C) | 515.827.5368 (F) | | | | | --- | [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus on the server aea8.k12.ia.us] | | --------------------------------------------------------- | Archived messages from this list can be found at: | http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ | --------------------------------------------------------- | --- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus on the server aea8.k12.ia.us] --------------------------------------------------------- Archived messages from this list can be found at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ ---------------------------------------------------------
