Dec 08, 2009
I. BACKGROUND
WordPad is the default text editing application included with nearly all
Windows versions since Windows 95. The Word97 converter is used to
convert Word documents into the format used by WordPad, and is present
in all current versions of WordPad except Vista and Server 2008.
II. DESCRIPTION
Virus Information: W32.Fakerecy and W32.SillyFDC
Discovered: January/February 2007
Type: Worm
Threat Level: Low
Systems Affected: Windows 98, Windows 95, Windows XP, Windows Me, Windows NT, Windows 2000
Virus detail: W32.Fakerecy and W32.SillyFDC are worms that spread by copying themselves to removable and/or mapped drives.
RESOLUTION
HP is providing the following procedure to resolve this vulnerability:
