“This virus has been reported in the wild. … If the year
is 2000 and an infected document is closed the virus attempts to
unconditionally format the C: drive.”
“On the 1st January, 10th January, 20th January, 1st April, 4th
August, and 31st October in the year 2000 the virus displays a
message box titled ‘-= MILLENNIUM VIRUS =-‘ containing the text
‘Alert..!! Your Pc have a serious problem with the Year
2000’ “
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