Can I get rid of a macros virus?

[Guest]

I cut and pasted a document from the internet that apparently had the macros
virus. I didn't know what that was and so I went ahead and opened it in
word. A couple days later that document was ruined and so I read up about
the macros virus and realized that it could affect all of my word documents.
Can I get rid of this virus before it hurts anything else? How can I get rid
of it?

 

[Jezebel]

It depends what it infected, and you need to know what it is to do that.
Might be a good time to buy a anti-virus program, and run it. You could try
the Symantec website: they have a directory of viruses, and the fixes.

If it's a simple one, deleting normal.dot might fix the problem; but they
are mostly not so simple. Can you remember the website address?

 

[Graham Mayor]

If you cut and pasted the contents of an on-screen document, the likelihood
is that you did not collect a virus from this action. It is more likely that
the document is corrupt. http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/CorruptDoc.htm
However, if you are working on the internet without suitable anti-virus
measures in place, you are being reckless and virus attack may have arrived
from another source.

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