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Macro virus for Staroffice discovered (Techworld)
Macro virus for Staroffice discovered (Techworld)
Posted Jun 1, 2006 4:03 UTC (Thu) by Arker (guest, #14205)In reply to: Macro virus for Staroffice discovered (Techworld) by grouch
Parent article: Macro virus for Staroffice discovered (Techworld)
Exactly.
Expect more of this, not less, in the future, as so much FOSS 'desktop' software imitates bad proprietary software.
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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