Re: how to tell if anything evil lurking in an .xls file?
On Tue, Feb 10, 2004 at 06:57:54PM -0500, Adam Aube wrote:
> On Tuesday 10 February 2004 05:02 pm, Dan Jacobson wrote:
> > But if I convert it to .cvs format, all the "=..." formulas of the
> > spreadsheet are lost. All I am left with is just a snapshot of what
> > it looked like on the face of it.
>
> Ok. I have another idea, then.
>
> You could save it in the native format of Gnumeric or OpenOffice.org Calc,
> then convert it back to xls.
>
> That will likely strip out any nastiness hiding in the original xls file.
You know you can set "Security Level = {Medium,High}" in Office right?
High = don't run nastiness
Medium = prompt about potential nastiness
I think it would be safer to save the files as the ancient Lotus 1-2-3
format.
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