Press reports regarding "SB/BadBunny-A" virus

[Anne Wilson]

On Tuesday 29 May 2007 05:11:07 D. Hugh Redelmeier wrote:
> | From: Ed Greshko <Ed.Greshko at greshko.com>
> |
> | > The right fix is to the macro feature of Open Office.
> |
> | Find a bug, fix the bug.
>
> As I understand it, the macro features of Open Office are insecure by
> design.  So this isn't a bug, it is a (mis)feature.  I quote the
> original message:
>
> 	It is possible in any capable macro language, including those in
> 	OpenOffice.org, to write simple 'virus-like' programs.

A clear warning.

A couple of years ago my son-in-law attended a Sun presentation, where they 
said that they were almost at the point where they could interpret and run 
M$Word macros.  He asked if that didn't open up the whole possibility of 
macro viruses etc., but it was made clear that people wanted and needed that 
ability, so that was the price to be paid.

Anne