Gregg- Is Microsoft Office similar enough to Works that my database problem, or virus, or whatever it is, can be dealt with in the same way? I don't really use Office on my Quadra.
Where would I find the "normal.dot" file on the Quadra? Thanks! Dean On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 11:51 PM, Gregg Eshelman <[email protected]> wrote: > The big problem with Microsoft Office, on Mac and Windows, used to be macro > viruses. > > The MS Office macro language is quite powerful and it's possible to write > macros that can do all sorts of nasty things, mostly to Office files, and > propagate themselves to other Office files. > > The first line of defense against these is to replace normal.dot with a > clean copy then lock it (Mac) or set the read only attribute (PC). > > --- On Tue, 2/22/11, Dean <[email protected]> wrote: > > > From: Dean <[email protected]> > > Subject: Re: Microsoft Works 2.0/3.0 virus - help! > > To: "Vintage Macs" <[email protected]> > > Date: Tuesday, February 22, 2011, 4:01 PM > > Thanks again. > > > > I was told that a virus can only infect an application, > > that files > > cannot have a virus. Is this correct? It > > doesn't seem that that > > could be correct. I don't remember any system wide > > problems from > > years ago - there could have been. This time trying > > to save a file > > not only erased it, but froze the computer as well. > > Does this mean > > that the system folder or something in it, like finder or > > system is > > infected? Is this possible? > > > > Thanks! > > > > Dean > > > > On Feb 22, 6:11 am, Gregg Eshelman <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > --- On Mon, 2/21/11, Dean <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > > > Tyrone, Christian and Gregg- > > > > > > > Thanks so much for your responses. You gave me > > a lot > > > > of info that I > > > > have to digest and consider. Some of what you > > wrote > > > > was over my head > > > > technically, so when I have a minute, I'll be > > asking some > > > > questions, if you don't mind. > > > > > > > One question I have right now is how can I copy > > files to a > > > > PC-DOS floppy? If I insert anything but a > > mac-formatted > > > > floppy into the > > > > Quadra, I'll get a message something like "this > > disk is > > > > unreadable, do you want to initialize it?" > > > > > > You need PC Exchange installed. This page has the info > > on it. > > > > > > http://home.earthlink.net/~gamba2/pc2mac.html#asw > > > > > > With that, you can use PC formatted disks and other > > media. > > > > -- > > ----- > > You received this message because you are a member of the > > Vintage Macs group. > > The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and our > > netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > > To leave this group, send email to > [email protected] > > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs > > > > Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/ > > > > > > > -- > ----- > You received this message because you are a member of the Vintage Macs > group. > The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and our > netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To leave this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs > > Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/ > -- ----- You received this message because you are a member of the Vintage Macs group. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To leave this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/
