[Gllug] Virus on Linux/Mac

[Rich Walker]

Christopher Hunter <chrisehunter at blueyonder.co.uk> writes:

> Linux is effectively immune at the OS level (unlike Windows), simply
> because of the permissions structure.  The worst an OOo macro virus is
> going to do is (maybe) corrupt some files in the user's home directory.

Connect to any open databases, and either sent the contents to someone
else, or modify or delete them?

(Mind you, it would be so slow you'd probably notice...)

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