[X4U] Consumer Reports

[keith_w]

Michael Winter wrote:

> 
> On Sep 8, 2005, at 6:04 PM, keith_w wrote:
> 
>> Neil wrote:
>>
>>
>>> To protect yourself from MS Office macro virii, I believe that all  
>>> you have  to do is turn off macros.

>> I'm surely hoping to obtain concurrence on that action!  :-)  Thanks,

> The Office defaults for the Mac are that if a document containing a  
> macro is opened, it will ask you if you wish to run the macro or not  
> (Macro Protection is on). I think it even has a warning about the  
> potential danger of running the macro, but its been such a long time  
> since I've seen it that I can't remember the specifics.
> 
> So for any of the known viruses for the Mac, the protection is  already 
> in place.
> 
> -Mike

Excellent,  keith