Threat Encyclopedia

XF97/Wisab.A

Analysis

• Virus hooks Excel event handler of opening or closing infected documents in order to run its code
  
• Virus was coded using Excel4 macros and contains the following macro routines, identified in infected workbooks via the menu Insert/Names/Define -

  Auto_Close
  Auto_Open
  Bust
  Continue
  Documents_array
  Hello
  MakeIt
  Morning
  TaxTV
  TaxXL
  Test5
  

• Each macro routine references a cell where its code is inserted as hidden content, and is not visible under normal circumstances or by using the Visual Basic Editor environment