On Thu, Jul 26, 2001 at 11:08:50PM +1000, Sam Couter wrote: > I don't think the warning that macros could be virii actually achieves > anything. Users just hit the "Yeah, whatever" button and get infected > anyway. Hitting those buttons becomes a reflex with no thought at all.
Well, at least they tried. Personally I do stop and think about it when opening Word and Excel documents that warn me about macros. Usually I disable them, and if I find that the document actually does have some useful macros, reopen it. > I think the proper solution is to quit blurring the line between word > processor and development environment / scripting host. Or at a minimum, > running the macros in a secure sandbox so the damage they can do is > minimised. Actually, I think it's useful to have some macro capability in Excel in particular. But it should be in some sort of protective environment which means it can't do much damage. Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt VK3SB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
