So finally after exhausting whatever limited resources i had, i started out on my own and finally after about a year had a complete disassembly cum study of the same ready. Today even if comparitively less in number MS-Windows 9x offers a fertile area for viruses causing far more damage, not in quantity but in quality. Last Updated May 14th 1999. It woke me up to the fact that even they offered an equal challenge if not more. About the Macro Virus.
Many application provide the functionality to create a Macro.
A Macro is a series of commands to perform a Application-specific task. They are aimed at making at making life easier for the user by performing everyday tasks like text-formating, spreadsheet calculation, backups, etc. Modern Applications combine both the approaches and their Advanced Macro Languages are almost as complex as the general programming language. When macro languages allow files to be modified it becomes possible to create macros which will copy themselves from one file to the other. In fact two different versions were developed for Word and Excel to demonstrate the possibility of macro viruses under the platforms.