Name:W97M/Pri.Q
Aliases:W97M/Prilissa, W97M.Melissa.W
Type: Polymorphic macro virus

Description:

W97M/Pri.Q is a variant of the Melissa.A virus that infects Word 97 documents, disabling the macro warning feature. It sends an infected e-mail attachment via Microsoft Outlook. Additional payloads are programmed to trigger on December 25, including a reformat of the hard drive on Windows 9.x systems.

When W97M/Pri.Q is executed, an infected e-mail attachment is mailed to the first 50 addresses in each Microsoft Outlook address book. This action is performed on initial infection only. The infected message displays the following text:

Subject: "Message from [infected sender name]"

Message Body: "This document is very Important and you've GOT to read this!!!"

1. A messsage box will display the following text:

"� - CyberNET Vine...Vide...Vice...Moslem Power Never End... You Dare Rise Against Me...The Human Era is Over, The CyberNET Era Has Come!!!
[OK]"

3. The virus infects the NORMAL.DOT global template, infecting documents on "Close".

4. The virus will overwrite C:\AUTOEXEC.BAT, reformatting the hard drive and displaying the following text when the system is rebooted:

"Vine...Vide...Vice...Moslem Power Never End...
Your Computer Have Just Been Terminated By
-=CyberNET=- Virus !!!"