What features must anti-viruses have in order to successfully combat macro viruses?
• DETECTION • Multi-platform detection: Macros viruses must be detected on all platforms supported by the anti-virus. • Integrated detection: This refers to improving the performance of the anti-virus, in this case adding the ability to scan macro documents in different platforms. • Automatic detection: Macro viruses should be discovered automatically when an infected document is about to be copied or opened. • Specific Detection: It is also advisable that the anti-virus be capable of identifying macro viruses by their specific characteristics, i.e. by name and type. • DISINFECTION • Integrated disinfection: Disinfection should be performed from the anti-virus itself. There should be no need to use other complementary tools, due to the confusion caused by the treatment of the different types of viruses. • Specific disinfection: The disinfection of macro viruses should not be generic, as this leads to the removal of good macros as well as damaging ones. • Data reconstruction: The anti-v
