[cw-discuss] MS Outlook & Viruses

[Steve Adams]

What about macro viruses for word or excel? I would assume that they
would run, as would any other VBA macro.

On 9/27/07, Jeremy White <jwhite at codeweavers.com> wrote:
> Hi Adam,
>
> Here's a boiler plate response we use on viruses:
>
> People often wonder if CrossOver is subject to as many problems with viruses and
> trojans as Windows is.
>
> The short answer is that, in theory, a virus could affect a system running a
> Windows program, but that it would require a pretty extremely unlikely scenario
> and it has not, to our knowledge, ever happened.
>
> The longer answer is that programs that are vulnerable to virii, such as Outlook
> and Internet Explorer will retain those vulnerabilities when run on the via
> CrossOver.