[pchelpers] News:Stardust virus lands on OpenOffice

  By Joris Evers
Staff Writer, CNET News.com
Published: May 31, 2006, 10:30 AM PDT

Researchers at Kaspersky Lab have spotted what they believe is the first 
virus for OpenOffice, the open-source rival to Microsoft's Office 
productivity suite.

The virus, dubbed Stardust, is capable of infecting OpenOffice and 
StarOffice, which is sold by Sun Microsystems, a Kaspersky Lab 
researcher wrote on the Russian company's Viruslist Web site on Tuesday.

More here:
http://news.com.com/Stardust+virus+lands+on+OpenOffice/2100-7349_3-6078475.html?type=pt&part=inv&tag=feed&subj=news
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