From a news article:
The Kama Sutra virus, dubbed Nyxem.E among other names, was first reported on Jan. 16. It is thought to have infected more than half a million PCs. Security vendor IronPort warned Thursday that these machines are now hard-coded to propagate the virus on Feb. 3.
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Once active, Nyxem will try to delete all Word, Excel, PowerPoint and PDF file types from a compromised PC. The multifaceted malicious software will also attempt to propagate itself, both through e-mail and as a network worm, which can be particularly damaging on closed networks.
And today is February 3! Well, the story doesn’t matter anymore to me for I prefer Open Document Formats by using the software I had recompiled before, UP Office 2.0 (based on Open Office 2.0):
UP Office 2.0 is only available for Linux, specifically Debian distributions since it was built on Ubuntu 5.10 Breezy Badger. So, what are you waiting for? Download now the latest version of Open Office 2.X (FYI, it has an installer for M$ Wind0ze platform too) and use Open Document Formats instead of M$ formats!
5 responses so far ↓
rommel // February 4, 2006 at 7:02 am
please update to 2.0.1.
ia // February 4, 2006 at 4:23 pm
i hope you included the up seal somehow in the loading screen. good work, nevertheless. hope more people become aware of it.
Crimson Crux » Blog Archive » UP Office and OpenOffice.org Viewer // May 6, 2006 at 3:27 am
[...] If you like a Pinoy feel to Open Office, download UP Office, developed by a quartet from the University of the Philippines. The screenshot is courtesy of Noel Feria, one of UP Office’s developers. You can find better pics on his blog. [...]
Corsarius // May 6, 2006 at 3:28 am
noel, i borrowed your first screenshot (reduced its size greatly) and posted it with my entry on UP Office (http://ccrux.corsarius.net/2006/05/06/up-office-and-openofficeorg-viewer/) …hope it’s ok with you. thanks!
nightfox // May 14, 2006 at 2:17 pm
sure, no problem