Monday, June 11, 2007

OpenOffice Worm Hits Mac, Linux and Windows

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"Malware targeting OpenOffice documents is spreading through multiple operating systems including Mac OS, Windows and Linux, according to Symantec.

"According to the Symantec Security Response website, the worm is capable of infecting multiple operating system platforms and is spreading..."


Congradulations to the Developers of OpenOffice on their decision to copy Visual Basic (ie: rip it off from microsoft) so as to give people the same look and feel as Microsoft Office, one of the worlds most macro-virus prone office products. I'm sure that decision is looking VERY pretty right now.

*peels of echoing laughter*

Sincerely : An Abiword / Gnumeric user.

:)

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