Norton AntiVirus 2000 detects WM.Niceday macro virus when installing Microsoft Virtual Machine (244428)

The information in this article applies to:

the operating system: Microsoft Windows 95
the operating system: Microsoft Windows 98
the operating system: Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition
Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition
the operating system: Microsoft Windows NT 4.0
the operating system: Microsoft Windows 2000
Microsoft virtual machine

This article was previously published under Q244428

SYMPTOMS

When you install the Microsoft Virtual Machine (VM), you may receive an alert from Norton AntiVirus 2000 about a "WM.Niceday Macro Virus" but "with a different, harmless payload macro" in the Xmldso.cab file (the XML classes that are included in the Microsoft VM).

CAUSE

This issue occurs because of a problem with the Norton AntiVirus 2000 program (not the virus definitions).

RESOLUTION

To work around this issue, update to the latest version of AntiVirus by using LiveUpdate from Norton AntiVirus Integrator. This tool determines your current version and upgrades the product to the latest version.

For additional information about this issue, please contact Symantec.

You can also click Ignore the problem and continue to work around the issue when you receive the Norton AntiVirus alert.

MORE INFORMATION

For additional information, see the following Symantec Web site:

http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/wm.niceday.html

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Modification Type:	Major	Last Reviewed:	7/18/2005
Keywords:	kb3rdparty kbprb KB244428