I'm just curious why disagreements always turn to personal insults? Whether or not you agree with someone, that does not symbolize the level of 'life' they lead. You made your reply, which definitely had some valid points. But then you decided to invalidate them with the last line of your post. Alright.
If this were a public forum in real life, and I stated my opinion, would you turn around and tell me to get a life? What ever happened to exercising some level of professionalism?
I don't understand why this macro 'virus' is considered a crime. My major point is that the virus has to be passed on by users, who open the MSWord file WITH MACROS ENABLED. So, the only harm done in running in is showing the stupidity of the person passing it on.
Consider these:
(1) I write an email program. I include docs with it stating that it will import your MS Outlook bookmarks. However, Bob sends the executable only to his friend Sam. Sam runs the executable, seeing a license agreement only, and no statement saying that the program will look into your Outlook address book. His privacy has been invaded!@!#@#
Melissa does not invade privacy unless the user wants it to.
(2) I write a buggy program (maybe I work at Microsoft even)-- Bob again sends Sam my program through email. Sam clicks on it, and because he has a Cyrix processor, his computer crashes. My program was malicious!@!#!@
Melissa does no harm to the computer, but merely sends 20 email forwards. People may say this ties up mail servers, but at work, I write more than 20 emails daily.
(3) I decide to write a good old fashioned BASIC program, so:
10 PRINT "U R HAKKED" 20 GOTO 10
I compile it, give it to Bob. Bob thinks it's funny and sends it to Sam. Sam thinks his computer is messed up because he doesn't know to hit ctrl-c. He reboots, losing important data. What a malicious program!@!#@#
Users are stupid.
In all these cases, Sam knew Bob, so it's understandable that he might try the programs. But, who the hell looks at an attachment from a stranger in a program that can execute code? Ohwell, I just don't see how they can put a crime on this guy. It'll be interesting to see the wording used. I mean sure, he's a jackass. But so are most totally drunk people at parties.
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I'm just curious why disagreements always turn to personal insults? Whether or not you agree with someone, that does not symbolize the level of 'life' they lead. You made your reply, which definitely had some valid points. But then you decided to invalidate them with the last line of your post. Alright.
If this were a public forum in real life, and I stated my opinion, would you turn around and tell me to get a life? What ever happened to exercising some level of professionalism?
I don't understand why this macro 'virus' is considered a crime. My major point is that the virus has to be passed on by users, who open the MSWord file WITH MACROS ENABLED. So, the only harm done in running in is showing the stupidity of the person passing it on.
Consider these:
(1)
I write an email program. I include docs with it stating that it will import your MS Outlook bookmarks. However, Bob sends the executable only to his friend Sam. Sam runs the executable, seeing a license agreement only, and no statement saying that the program will look into your Outlook address book. His privacy has been invaded!@!#@#
Melissa does not invade privacy unless the user wants it to.
(2)
I write a buggy program (maybe I work at Microsoft even)-- Bob again sends Sam my program through email. Sam clicks on it, and because he has a Cyrix processor, his computer crashes. My program was malicious!@!#!@
Melissa does no harm to the computer, but merely sends 20 email forwards. People may say this ties up mail servers, but at work, I write more than 20 emails daily.
(3)
I decide to write a good old fashioned BASIC program, so:
10 PRINT "U R HAKKED"
20 GOTO 10
I compile it, give it to Bob. Bob thinks it's funny and sends it to Sam. Sam thinks his computer is messed up because he doesn't know to hit ctrl-c. He reboots, losing important data. What a malicious program!@!#@#
Users are stupid.
In all these cases, Sam knew Bob, so it's understandable that he might try the programs. But, who the hell looks at an attachment from a stranger in a program that can execute code? Ohwell, I just don't see how they can put a crime on this guy. It'll be interesting to see the wording used. I mean sure, he's a jackass. But so are most totally drunk people at parties.