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OpenOffice.org virus debunked by experts
Friday June 02, 2006 (10:00 PM GMT)
By: Bruce Byfield

Kaspersky Lab, a manufacturer of anti-virus software, claims to have 
discovered a macro virus for StarOffice and OpenOffice.org. The claim 
has received widespread media attention on the Internet as the first of 
its kind. However, according to experts, the alleged virus is nothing 
more than the use of a long-existing capability in the StarBasic macro 
language (also known as OOo Basic). Although the potential for malicious 
macros exists, they can be easily guarded against.

http://software.newsforge.com/software/06/06/02/2136202.shtml