Eight941 Virus

Information about the Eight941 virus:

This virus infects Word 97 documents, templates and the NORMAL.DOT file of Word 97. It infects documents when they are opened. It has a payload. On July 1st, when an infected document is opened, it searched for DOC extension under C: drive. After this it adds a password xyz to those documents.

This virus carries different variants with minor difference in the virus code. Variants like Eight941.A, Eight941.D, Eight941.E, Eight941.F, Eight941.M and Eight941.R are there.
Eight941 virus first appeared in March 2000.

Other names of Eight941 virus:
This virus is also known as W97M/Eight941.