Re: [WinMac] making a mac cd-rom

Welch, John C.(jwelch[at]aer.com)
Wed, 22 Dec 1999 10:19:37 -0500

add my voice to the rant...

one day, I'll meet the (*&^*&%%() idiot who decided that an application
MACRO language needed to be a part of a full blown programming language that
gives you FULL control over the computer.

and I will beat that person until I have re-paid that person for EVERY DAMN
LATE NIGHT caused by some dammed macro virus...Thank GOD we use Netscape
email servers and IMAP clients instead of Outdork and exchange...at least we
could laugh at Melissa.

but fear much, now macro virii can come through Visio and WordPerfect!

just shoot me.

john

> From: "Daniel L. Schwartz" <expresso@snip.net>
> Reply-To: winmac@lists.best.com
> Date: Tue, 21 Dec 1999 16:48:39 -0500
> To: winmac@lists.best.com
> Subject: Re: [WinMac] making a mac cd-rom
>
>
> I give a STRONG second to Bruce's rant about macro virii! :)
>
> At 02:14 PM 12/21/99 -0700, you wrote:
>> Curt SIters wrote:
>>>
>>> I been running Mac for over thirteen years and it has been over eight since
>>> I had ANY virus protection because I haven't had any virus' in that period
>>> of time.
>>>
>>> The last I heard was that the official count of Mac virus' was near 60
>>> (wintel over 60,000). So the chances of someone getting one are very slim.
>>>
>>
>> The only problem is that this is why the autostart worm managed to go
>> through the Mac community so fast. People got real complacent viruses.
>> As a consequence the worm got shipped on a lot of commercial software.
>>
>> But on the whole, if you turn off CD Autostart and don't use MicroSloth
>> apps, you're pretty well immune to Mac viruses.
>>
>> As an example, the last Mac virus I got was the WDEF virus...which dates
>> it (and me): that one was 'cured' by System 7...;-)
>>
>> To be honest, most modern PC's are immune to the vast majority of those
>> 60,000 virii, as well; they're old and outdated DOS ones.
>>
>> The BIG pita now, at least from a system admin pov is the %$@#!$
>> cockroach-like proliferation of Office Macro viruses.
>>
>> (thank ghod we're not stupid enough to run a 100% MS shop here, we were
>> spared the big pain of melissa and her various mutated cousins.)
>>
>> --
>> Bruce Johnson
>> University of Arizona
>> College of Pharmacy
>> Information Technology Group
>
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