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Tag Archives: MS Office
Anti-virus software
Entire classes of software with literally hundreds (ok, maybe not hundreds but a lot) of companies producing products have sprung up over the last few years, and is now beginning to consolidate into several large companies providing complete product lines … Continue reading →
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Microsoft DOS is really the most virus friendly OS available
Let’s start with a skeptical note. Any serious researcher would agree that the antivirus industry is to a large extent a product of Microsoft’s arrogance and incompetence. Microsoft DOS is really the most virus friendly OS available and probably the … Continue reading →
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Probably the most virus friendly OS ever created
Any information from virus vendors should be viewed with skepticism. It make sense to compare several sources of information especially if you do not have a sample of a particular virus and unable to analyses it yourself. Often they overestimate … Continue reading →
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protected against tampering with MD5 checksums or similar
The real problem here is that executables (and macros also belong to executables — they are just hidden in MS Word document format) are not protected against tampering with MD5 checksums or similar. Both NT and Unix needs MD5 checksums … Continue reading →
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Susceptible to certain type of viruses and Trojans
We do not want to go that far as to propose everybody move to Linux/FreeBSD (although they are not ideal and are susceptible to certain type of viruses and Trojans, they do provide a much better AV protection out of … Continue reading →
Microsoft: Your one stop shop for macro viruses
Crypt Newsletter supplied this short paper to a consumer group in Washington, D.C., that’s trying to prevent the software industry from running over consumers in the area of product liability law. The industry’s position is, obviously, “It’s your neck if … Continue reading →
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Data Fellows Developers of F-Prot Professional
F-macro is free and more or less OK. F-prot is free for individual users. F-macro is a decent and free tool for disinfection from macro viruses with a very good upgrade cycle although with proper Office Suit (Corel Office, Lotus … Continue reading →