On Sat, 20 Feb 2010 20:43:04 -0500 "[email protected]" <[email protected]> dijo:
>The problem is when they send you one that has a nasty. You do not >see it via Linux protections, but if you pass it along - POW if it >gets to a Windows User. I am the only one of my local friends and >support that uses Linux as the default. "If you pass it along" - what do you mean? Do you mean passing along an OOo file? A macro virus in an OOo file would have to have been written in OOo, and if you later save as MS Office format and send to a Windows user with MS Office, the OOo macro virus will not run on their computers. The macro programming languages used by OOo and MS Office are not compatible. If you send them an e-mail with a Windows virus attachment it will run only if they click on it to run it. The only way this could happen is if you forward an e-mail that contains the virus. The solution is never forward an e-mail that contains an attachment unless you know that the attachment is safe. I used Ubuntu and OOo for four years and never had a virus on my computer, nor did I unintentionally infect someone else's Windows computer by sending them an infected file. However, I rarely forward e-mails because I find it rude when someone forwards e-mails to me. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
