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Davinia
Description: Davinia exploits a vulnerability in Office 2000 products that allows scripting of certain ActiveX controls. Received in email, the virus automatically launches, sets the macro security settings to low, and installs a malicious macro that mass-mails itself to others and overwrites all files on the drive with html code and an .html extension. The files are unrecoverable.
How to prevent it: Davinia takes advantage of a security vulnerability. Install the Microsoft patch to prevent Davinia.
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Aliases: HTML/Davinia, HTML/LittleDavinia
Type: Javascript Worm received via email
Systems Affected: Windows systems running Office 2000 products
Payload: Irretrievably overwrites all files on the drive.
ITW: Yes
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