Le Mon 12/11/2007, Tilman Schmidt disait > John Rudd schrieb: > > Tilman Schmidt wrote: > > > >> (Remember the viruses ClamAV checks for > >> are *Windows* viruses. A unixoid OS doesn't run ClamAV for its own > >> protection but for the protection of Windows clients.) > > > > OpenOffice isn't vulnerable to Office Macro viruses? > > AFAIK, no. Kaspersky has claimed finding a "proof-of-concept" StarOffice > macro virus (which might have attacked OpenOffice too) in the wild about > a year ago, but nothing seems to have come of it. > > What's more, OpenOffice asks for confirmation before executing macros > embedded in a document it opens, greatly reducing the risk of infection. > Also, OpenOffice on Linux is normally run from a non-privileged user ID, > heavily limiting the ability of any malicious macro to harm or propagate.
Last issue of Misc Magazine (french magazine devoted to security) has an article about the study of the Openoffice/badbunny worm, which runs on oppenoffice. -- Erwan _______________________________________________ Help us build a comprehensive ClamAV guide: visit http://wiki.clamav.net http://lurker.clamav.net/list/clamav-users.html
