Software

Microsoft Excel

software:microsoft_excel Also: Excel

Spreadsheet application used by the school for grades and targeted by Greg’s macro virus.

Explore relationships

Mentioned in

Relationships

Direction Predicate Other entity Origin EP
incoming USES Greg Linares Explicit 160
incoming AFFECTS macro virus Explicit 160

Claims

Greg Linares USES Microsoft Excel

Greg used Excel as the school's grade system to deploy his macro virus and alter grades and attendance.

Explicit Confidence 99% · Greg Linares EP 160 Details

“the entire grade system was in Excel, and I made a macro virus”

Greg Linares · offsets 12919–12981

macro virus AFFECTS Microsoft Excel

Greg's macro virus modified Excel grade sheets and caused the school's Excel files to crash when a later column was added.

Explicit Confidence 96% · Greg Linares EP 160 Details

“the virus would restore the doc — the sheets when teachers opened up the sheets. That caused the Excel files to crash”