From; Sophos Alert System: Name: WM97/Xaler-A Aliases: W97M.Lexar.A, Virus.MSWord.Xaler.a Type: Word 97 macro virus Date: 6 April 2005 A virus identity (IDE) file which provides protection is available now from the Sophos website, and will be incorporated into the May 2005 (3.93) release of Sophos Anti-Virus. Customers using EM Library, PureMessage or any of our Sophos small business solutions will be automatically protected at their next scheduled update. At the time of writing, Sophos has received a small number of reports of this virus from the wild. Information about WM97/Xaler-A can be found at: http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/wm97xalera.html This IDE file also includes detection for: Troj/Mailgrab-A http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/trojmailgraba.html Troj/Rootkit-V http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/trojrootkitv.html Troj/Malche-A http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/trojmalchea.html Troj/Daodrop-B http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/trojdaodropb.html Symb/Mabir-A http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/symbmabira.html Download the IDE file from: http://www.sophos.com/downloads/ide/xaler-a.ide Download all the IDE files available for the current version of Sophos Anti-Virus in a single compressed file. The file is available in two formats: Zip file: http://www.sophos.com/downloads/ide/ides.zip Self-extracting file: http://www.sophos.com/downloads/ide/ides.exe Read about how to use IDE files at http://www.sophos.com/downloads/ide/using.html *********** MIKE"S REPLY SEPARATOR *********** Mike ~ It is a good day if I learned something new. Editor MikesWhatsNews see a sample on my web page http://www3.telus.net/mikebike <mikeswhatsnews-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?Subject=subscribe> http://www3.telus.net/mikebike/worm_removal.htm See my Anti-Virus pages http://virusinfo.hackfix.org/index <virusinfo-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?Subject=subscribe> A Technical Support Alliance and OWTA Charter Member
