informationweek.com— Microsoft has a patch for a worm set to go off on friday that deletes office documents. Instead they're waiting for the next patch Tuesday. Its a heck of a time to keep protocol.
Feb 1, 2006View in Crawl 4
It makes sense, if they release a patch before the worm is released then it can be altered to work around the patch and infect machines. true this can be done after it is released as well but it will at least give a nice road block and buy time for someone to find out how to eliminate it permanently.
They haven't officially released it, but it was available for download if you wanted it from their website since Friday. This article is meerley some immature Microsoft bashing. No digg.
"Open Office 2.0 is just as good"Just as good might be not good enough in many situations. My partner's thesis didn't render properly in OOo, so she couldn't make the move (yet).I am slowly moving to OOo. Note that for a business (I am running one) one has often to use the same stuff as the customers. I don't want to send a .doc file to one of my customers and get a reply back that it looks weird. It's a waste of time that costs more then just buying Office. But that's a thing that's beyond a lot of Linux/OO fanboys.--<a class="user" href="http://johnbokma.com/">http://johnbokma.com/</a>
"The funny thing is all of the MS fanboys over here defending MS to the death. So much dedication for a company that cares so little about them. Use a *nix system and you can open this virus emails for fun!posted by chriszma666"OOO YES I AREZ KOOL I YOUSE *NIX INSTAEDE UF LINUX = I R HAXZ0R!!!!-Greg
sigh, i have a feeling I'm going to get a few knocks on my door this week. And microsoft isn't all bad the fact is that it produces an easy to use operating system and even though I also use linux i do realize that some people should barely be allowed to touch a computer, let alone recompile a kernel.I would agree Microsoft is a touch evil, but then I realize this the Walmart era, you know the deal, RAPE EVERYONE, EVERYWHERE!!!
modifiedFeb 1, 2006
It makes sense, if they release a patch before the worm is released then it can be altered to work around the patch and infect machines. true this can be done after it is released as well but it will at least give a nice road block and buy time for someone to find out how to eliminate it permanently.
magikFeb 1, 2006
They haven't officially released it, but it was available for download if you wanted it from their website since Friday. This article is meerley some immature Microsoft bashing. No digg.
haploFeb 2, 2006
"Open Office 2.0 is just as good"Just as good might be not good enough in many situations. My partner's thesis didn't render properly in OOo, so she couldn't make the move (yet).I am slowly moving to OOo. Note that for a business (I am running one) one has often to use the same stuff as the customers. I don't want to send a .doc file to one of my customers and get a reply back that it looks weird. It's a waste of time that costs more then just buying Office. But that's a thing that's beyond a lot of Linux/OO fanboys.--<a class="user" href="http://johnbokma.com/">http://johnbokma.com/</a>
gregcottenFeb 2, 2006
"The funny thing is all of the MS fanboys over here defending MS to the death. So much dedication for a company that cares so little about them. Use a *nix system and you can open this virus emails for fun!posted by chriszma666"OOO YES I AREZ KOOL I YOUSE *NIX INSTAEDE UF LINUX = I R HAXZ0R!!!!-Greg
klbclemFeb 2, 2006
sigh, i have a feeling I'm going to get a few knocks on my door this week. And microsoft isn't all bad the fact is that it produces an easy to use operating system and even though I also use linux i do realize that some people should barely be allowed to touch a computer, let alone recompile a kernel.I would agree Microsoft is a touch evil, but then I realize this the Walmart era, you know the deal, RAPE EVERYONE, EVERYWHERE!!!