OpenOffice.org "Badbunny" worm hops across operating systems

Derek Broughton news at pointerstop.ca
Mon Jun 18 13:23:38 BST 2007


Arwyn Hainsworth wrote:

> Actually it's not that simple. Whose was the original sin? The windows
> users being stupid or windows's bad design teaching the users to be
> stupid? It's a chicken and the egg problem. 

Yeah - nothing's ever "that" simple :-)  You're right that it starts with
the design.  OE & IE aren't terribly difficult to secure, but you have to
actively do it.  It's easier just to install an antivirus product.
-- 
derek




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