First StarOffice, OpenOffice Virus Found

Staroffice and Openoffice are opensouce Microsoft Office alternatives. Openoffice is even free. And for some time now, macro viruses only effected Microsoft Office products. However, those days are now over. Kaspersky Lab researcher has found a macro virus that they have dubbed "Stardust" that effects both StarOffice and OpenOffice. As mentioned before in a previous entry, viruses are getting more cross platform, making the belief that Unix, Linux, and Mac users are safe from such treats obsolete.