Viruses in MSWord documents are quite common - I receive one or two each month. I also receive the SnowWhite, W32/Magistr@MM and other viruses frequently, at least one or two occurances each week.
A few tips :
Treat with extreme caution
any attachments to an email. I personally save them to a file and scan them. I
never open MSWord documents, instead I ask the originator to resend me the document as plain text.
Keep your virus checker up to date. I update mine
at least once each week.
Occasionally visit one or more antivirus sites to see what the virus writers are up to.
www.nai.com and
www.mcafee.com are good places to start.
---PPRuNe Dispatcher