French researchers say users of the OpenOffice.org software may be at even greater risk from computer viruses. “The general security of OpenOffice is insufficient,” the researchers write in a paper titled “In-depth analysis of the viral threats” The paper describes four proof-of-concept viruses that illustrate how maliciously encoded macros and templates could be created to compromise systems running the open-source software. Attackers have exploited a number of bugs in Microsofts Office applications of late.”]
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