DD> At work, I open .DOCs with Word, and .XLSs with Excel. With the
DD> default settings they advise me of any embedded macros, and ask
DD> if I wish to run them. Unless I know the origins of the
DD> document, I click "no".

 And what if the formatting is then totally stuffed? Aren't you
tempted to go back and click "yes?" After all, you can see it's just a
harmless readme file...

 Okay, so you look up the macro and it's called something harmless,
and you open the macro and it's jsut a whole lot of stuff about
formatting (with one unseen line, "shell c:\cookies\123456.cke")  

DD> Having an up-to-date virus checker helps one's confidence.

 A virus checker won't find a "harmless" macros that runs a trojan
hidden somewhere else. It's not a virus. In fact, it's plain text.

Regards,
Bob


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