On Fri, 2006-06-02 at 20:37 -0400, Andrew Douglas Pitonyak wrote: > Fred A. Miller wrote: > > > http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6078475.html?tag=nl.e589 > > > > Is there a fix due shortly? > > Consider for a moment what the "virus" does. The "virus" downloads a > graphics image from a web site and displays the image in a Write > document. Which functionality would you like to have removed from OOo? > Should the ability of OOo to access the internet be removed? The > capability is useful to do things such as obtain graphics from a web > page and display them in a Write document. Oh wait, that is exactly what > the virus does. Hmm, how about a macro that obtains stock quotes from > the internet? > > The important thing is that you, as a user, should not run a macro from > an unknown source, just as you should not run programs from an unknown > source, yet your email software probably still allows you to receive > executable programs as attachements. >
Good point. I think there is one thing that macro developers could do further is digitally sign their macros so that users could confirm the provenance. -- PLEASE KEEP MESSAGES ON THE LIST. OpenOffice.org Documentation Co-Lead http://documentation.openoffice.org/
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