__/ [ Mark Kent ] on Thursday 20 July 2006 15:57 \__
> begin oe_protect.scr
> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>> Poisoned PowerPoint attacks users
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>>| Microsoft is warning Windows users about a virus that takes over
>>| PCs via the popular PowerPoint program.
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>>| [...]
>>|
>>| The virus is known to be hitting Windows users in Asia
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>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/5195838.stm
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>> This virus spreads through SPAM, which is sent from compromised Windows
>> boxes. So there's a cycle here. Pwn -> SPAM -> Pwn -> SPAM...
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> It's the whole botnet thing, isn't it? You really have to wonder just
> how much this can happen before even the most pro-MS types start to
> consider that there might just be a better way?
>
> Linux - write slides safely.
But Linux is just a kernel. *smile*
Actually, the choice available is rather impressive. Office
suites/applications are still diverse in the Open Source
world (and they survive too). No wonder Corel could not make
money out of WordPerfect for Linux. Freedom and freedom
always win, unless ignorance or lickins pervail. It's still
possible to work on slides in LaTeX (or front-ends) with all
the graphical goodness. Same with JavaScript and (X)HTML,
which is my favourite route.
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