Aliases of WM.Colors (AKA):
[Kaspersky] Macro.Word.Color
[Eset] WM/Colors.B virus
[Panda] WM/Colors.B, WM/Colors.J
[Computer Associates] WordMacro/Colors.A, WordMacro/Colors.B, WordMacro/Colors.J
How to Remove WM.Colors from Your Computer
You can effectively remove WM.Colors from your computer with Exterminate It!.
After installing the program, run a scan to display a list of the files associated with WM.Colors in the Scan Result screen and remove these files. For information about running scans and removing malware files, see the Exterminate It! Help.
WM.Colors Categorized as:
Trojan
A trojan is a program that is disguised as legitimate software but is designed to carry out some harmful actions on the infected computer.
Unlike viruses and worms, trojans don’t replicate but they can be just as destructive.
These days trojans are very common. Trojans are divided into a number different categories based on their function or type of damage.
Backdoor
Of all trojans, backdoor trojans pose the greatest danger to users’ PCs because they give their authors remote control over infected computers. They are downloaded, installed, and run silently, without the user’s consent or knowledge. Upon installation, backdoor trojans can be instructed to send, receive, execute and delete files, gather and transfer confidential data from the computer, log all activity on the computer, and perform other harmful activities.
Downloader
A type of trojan. The primary purpose of downloaders is to install malicious code on a user’s computer. However, they can enable other malicious uses. For example, they can be used to continually download new versions of malicious code, adware, or “pornware.” They are also used frequently used to exploit the vulnerabilities of Internet Explorer. The effects of this virus visualises themselves on your screen, the color ratio will be thrown off. This is only one of the first stadia as later on the screen display will alter itself ending into the blue screen of death.
Downloaders are typically written in script languages such as VBS or JavaScript.
DoS
A DoS (Denial of Service) attack is designed to disrupt or stop the normal running of a Web site, server, or other network resource. Hackers or malware writers resort to various ways to achieve this. A DoS attack can commonly result in a server being flooded with more network traffic than it is capable of processing. This hinders or prevents the server’s normal operation and sometimes causes its complete failure.
Unlike a DoS attack, a DDoS attack employs multiple PCs. The hacker or malware writer normally uses one infected computer – “master” – to centrally coordinate the attack across other, so-called “zombie”, computers. Typically, the malware writer gains control of both master and zombie computers by exploiting a weakness in an application or the operating system on those computers, in order to install a trojan or other malicious code.