Press reports regarding "SB/BadBunny-A" virus
Ed Greshko
Ed.Greshko at greshko.com
Tue May 29 09:43:32 UTC 2007
Anne Wilson wrote:
> On Tuesday 29 May 2007 05:11:07 D. Hugh Redelmeier wrote:
>> | From: Ed Greshko <Ed.Greshko at greshko.com>
>> |
>> | > The right fix is to the macro feature of Open Office.
>> |
>> | Find a bug, fix the bug.
>>
>> As I understand it, the macro features of Open Office are insecure by
>> design. So this isn't a bug, it is a (mis)feature. I quote the
>> original message:
>>
>> It is possible in any capable macro language, including those in
>> OpenOffice.org, to write simple 'virus-like' programs.
>
> A clear warning.
>
> A couple of years ago my son-in-law attended a Sun presentation, where they
> said that they were almost at the point where they could interpret and run
> M$Word macros. He asked if that didn't open up the whole possibility of
> macro viruses etc., but it was made clear that people wanted and needed that
> ability, so that was the price to be paid.
Dear $deity please make my OpenOffice Suite more like MS Office.
I MADE IT SO.....
What the &$^% $deity, my system is infected with a macro virus.
BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR....
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