

  (Source: CBS News)
Microsoft is working on a fix for the exploit












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RE: Seen it before...
By Pirks on 7/20/2010 11:02:24 AM , Rating: 1
The infection can spread when you manually access an infected file, which is the way the old-school floppy viruses worked
Haha, here The Mototroll falls again :))) You should know that in MS-DOS you actually had to RUN the file not just access it, in order to get a virus. You could RUN the boot sector also to get a boot sector virus. But you NEVER got a virus in MS-DOS by just ACCESSING a file.

Maybe I got a Darwin award, but your lies just proved that you're a total n00b, hence your award is just as n00by, I can take such an award from a little stupid n00by, no problem for me.

RE: Seen it before...
By Motoman on 7/20/2010 1:26:15 PM , Rating: 2
Uh, OK. How about non-executable files, dip$hit? You, files that you don't ever "run?" Say, a word processing document (WordStar, say, or early WordPerfect) or spreadsheet file (VisiCalc, Quattro, Lotus)? You don't run those files. But they could get infected with a virus, that would activate when you ACCESSED the file.

But you just go on there in your strange little world. For the rest of us, it's highly entertaining when you convince yourself that you've "won" some imaginary fight, when all you've done is re-affirmed what a total waste of space you are.

RE: Seen it before...
By Pirks on 7/21/2010 10:49:12 AM , Rating: 2
Motoidiot, did you know that macros contained in these Word/etc files should be RUN/EXECUTED by the Word/etc macro interpreter in order to get a virus? You can't just get them by ACCESSING a file. You can access it but if your Word chooses not to run the macros you won't get the virus. Is that clear, n00by? ;)

RE: Seen it before...
By Motoman on 7/21/2010 1:48:18 PM , Rating: 2
Yes - it's clear that you realized that you've just idioted yourself into a corner, and as always, are trying to declare victory even as you lay dying on the ground.

The very fact that you think you're making any kind of point is laughable. As is your existence. No, actually, I take that back. The fact that you exist isn't funny. It's quite depressing, actually.

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