Cap macro virus information

Updated: 03/13/2021 by Computer Hope

The CAP virus is contracted through Microsoft Word documents consisting of several encrypted macros and leaves the below message in the comments:

'C.A.P: Un virus social… y ahora digital…
'"j4cKy Qw3rTy" ([email protected]).
'Venezuela, Maracay, Dic 1996.
'P.D. Que haces gochito ? Nunca seras Simon Bolivar… Bolsa !

One of the noticeable effects of CAP is that when saving your document, regardless of the format you are saving your document in, it always saves the documents with the DOC extension.

When infecting your computer, CAP deletes all currently installed macros on your computer and modifies up to five already-existing menus, redirecting the menus to the virus code. Fortunately, most latest virus scanners can detect and clean the CAP virus; however, unfortunately none of the macros that are deleted can be recovered from your computer.