W97M.Caligula Virus

W97M.Caligula Virus

This Word macro virus attempts to attack the PGP (Pretty Good Privacy) encryption program. It affects the Tools/Macro, Tools/Customize, View/Toolbar and View/Statusbar menus, leaving the Tools/Macro menu greyed out and unaccessible.

The summary information of infected documents reads:
    Title: WM97/Caligula Infection
    Subject: A Study in Espionage Enabled Viruses
    Author: Opic
    Keywords: / Caligula / Opic / Codebreakers /
    Comments: The Best Security is Knowing the Other Guy Hasn't Got Any
The virus displays a dialog with the following message on the 31st of each month:
    WM97/Caligula (c) Opic [CodeBreakers 1998]
    No cia,
    No nsa,
    No satellite,
    Could map our veins.


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