thank you ismail
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected]> Subject: Re: [users] > security> Date: Wed, 27 Dec 2006 12:22:01 -0600> CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> > On > Tuesday 26 December 2006 9:22 am, ismail dorak wrote:> > I intend to download > open office but afraid of security risks.> > What kind of security > precautions do you have? hackers, viruses,> > trojans etc. Is it also open to > these kind of threats or not?.> > Can you please assure me it is as secure as > MS Office to use on my> > personal notebook. looking forward for your kind > reply> > regards, ismail dorak> > OpenOffice.org (OOo) is more secure than MS > Office. There has > only been on virus known that would affect OOo. > Furthermore, most > viruses, trojan horses, etc. are macros. Before OOo opens > a file > which contains a macro, a warning pops up giving you the choice to > > open the file or not.> OOo designed differently so it is not susceptible to > the viruses > and trojans that can plague MS Office. This does mean that any > macros > written in MS Office have to be rewritten to work. (The macro > > language is similar to VBA, but there are enough differences to > prevent the > macros from running as is.)> Since OOo is a downloaded file, the OOo download > web page as a > small section on md5sum.exe which can be used to verify the > file you > download is the same as the file created by OOo.> However, if you > are using Windows, you need a good firewall and a > current anti-virus > program running on your computer anytime it is > connected to the Internet.> > > Dan
