__/ [ Aunty Diluvian ] on Saturday 03 June 2006 13:28 \__
> On Sat, 03 Jun 2006 05:47:14 +0100, Roy Schestowitz
> <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>,----[ Quote ]
>>| Kaspersky Lab, a manufacturer of anti-virus software, claims to
>>| have discovered a macro virus for StarOffice and OpenOffice.org. The
>>| claim has received widespread media attention on the Internet as the
>>| first of its kind. However, according to experts, the alleged virus
>>| is nothing more than the use of a long-existing capability in the
>>| StarBasic macro language (also known as OOo Basic). Although the
>>| potential for malicious macros exists, they can be easily guarded
>>| against.
>>`----
>>
>>http://software.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=06/06/02/2136202&from=rss
>
> It's a feature in OO but a failure in MS.
> Sounds like open source word play to me.
>
> Next time we talk about macro-viruse inscurities in MS office
> maybe Oo can get in on some of the attention.
Macros were implemented and incorporated in StarOffice merely for Office
compatibility. People require these opaque BASIC executables, as secure as
they may be (compare with ActiveX), to unshackle their data. OpenOffice does
not take this approach. On top of Linux, it is also more secure
(executability is restricted or discouraged).
Best wishes, (last followup)
Roy
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