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Is this a bug in WORD

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by cumbria

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WORD in Office 2000 is in use for sometime now. Very recently, whilst typing a document, a string automatically appeared in the point where I was in the document. The string read the following:
VIRUS! DANGER! HARD-DRIVE UPLOAD BEGINNING!

Subsequent investigation revealed that whenever the word 'detail' is typed, it automatically replaced with the above string. So, now I am unable to use the word 'detail'.

Is this a bug? how do I remove this? Any help on this is much appreciated.

Thanks.

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by dklippert

Probably a trick played by a dear friend.
Go to Tools>AutoCorrect.
Type the word detail in the Replace box and see if the phrase appears. If so, click the delete button to get rid of it.

Run your anti-virus program to be sure. Also if you want to really clean things up, delete all files that start with a tilde (~). Rename/delete Normal.dot.

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