| Weekly edition | Kernel | Security | Distributions | Search |
| Archives | Calendar | Subscribe | Write for LWN | LWN.net FAQ |
Macro virus for Staroffice discovered (Techworld)
Macro virus for Staroffice discovered (Techworld)
Posted May 31, 2006 14:50 UTC (Wed) by grouch (subscriber, #27289)Parent article: Macro virus for Staroffice discovered (Techworld)
Too much imitation. Too much blurring of the line between a document and a program.
(Log in to post comments)
Macro virus for Staroffice discovered (Techworld)
Posted Jun 1, 2006 4:03 UTC (Thu) by Arker (guest, #14205) [Link]
Exactly.
Expect more of this, not less, in the future, as so much FOSS 'desktop' software imitates bad proprietary software.
Macro virus for Staroffice discovered (Techworld)
Posted Jun 1, 2006 8:22 UTC (Thu) by Wol (guest, #4433) [Link]
Why not just do it the WordPerfect way?
AIUI, PerfectScript viruses are impossible. WordPerfect, despite having a pretty decent macro language, was immune to viruses until they licenced MS's VBA engine. And provided that engine isn't enabled, it's still immune :-)
Cheers,
Wol