In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Fri, Sep 30, 2005 at 05:26:02PM +0800, Craig Ringer wrote: > > However, it is a courteous thing to do for a Mac user to run AV > > software, just not essential. > Almost. I'd still be concerned about Word macro viruses, myself. Or > is Office/X sufficiently incompatible as to make that a non-issue?
I'm not really sure about this. From what I gather, the most common experience is that Macs are "carriers" of macro viruses (given to them by infected Windows users) but that the Mac users are not affected by the macros per se. This is interesting, since MS Office for Mac *does* come with macro capability and (optionally) Visual Basic. However, by default, Word for Mac will warn users if a document contains macros. It chooses to disable them by default. Also, the "Disable Macros" and "Do Not Open This File" buttons are place together conveniently, while the "Enable Macros" button is placed far away. Nevertheless, Microsoft's "Office Resource Kit" suggests that Macs would be susceptible to macro viruses if people choose to "Enable Macros". I am not sure if macro viruses are fairly operating-system specific (e.g., file path delimiters, home directory paths, "registry entries", etc). PS. FYI, Office X has been superseded by Office:mac 2004.
