On Aug 12, 2004, at 5:36 AM, Mikael Byström wrote:
Bruce, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
There are some folks who will argue that Mac users need to use AV
software to protect hapless Windows users you may communicate with, but
transmitting a virus like that requires a deliberate act. You can't
just do it 'accidentally'.
Word viruses can survive a trip to Macs and Word and then be passed on. Letting that happen can be a bad choice for a business relationship, no matter if you got the file from another person.
Sigh. Looking at the logs of our AV server on the network, I see NO Word macro viruses found in a long long time. Moreover, modern versions of Word warn you when a file is opened with macros in it, and offer you the choice of opening it without them present. Immediately re-saving the document will eliminate the Macro viruses.
We have 4-500 users on our system getting Word files from all over the world.
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