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First MS Access Virus celebrates seventh birthday

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As new Microsoft products gained popularity, new viruses attacked the new applications. Access was no exception. Virus.MSAccess.AccessiV struck 7 years ago.

The virus replaces the Autoexec script in databases (macro in Access terms), and copies additional macros (module in Access terms) to database. Read More

Today this is history, since we rarely, if ever, see malware targetting MS Access anymore. And any reputable AV solution will undoubtedly protect users from this ancient virus.

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