Breaking into a passworded Excel File

[Kooky]

Can or not?

Obviously the answer is can, but without too much hassle? Without downloading any gizmos that will infect my laptop (or network) with anything nasty?

Thanks, geeks.

[Jedi]

The one time that I did it (which was a long time ago), I just googled and downloaded some free app that did it. My laptop didn't get infected.

[Kooky]

Thanks Jedi. Neo dropped into my office tonight and had a look, thinking was the one on cnet should be safe but all the reviews said it was shite so we gave up.

If they decide it really has to be cracked, I'll let the mgmt decide if it's worth the risk.

My IT department doesn't care about risk - can't help but said if I download anything that works, pass on the details. I have a lot of faith in my IT department.

(typo)

[baloo]

Have you tried http://www.straxx.com/ ?

[avatarless]

If you download and try your software on a virtual machine, shouldn't you be safe?

[Kooky]

baloo - thanks, yes noticed that one. Have you used it?

av - yes that was Neo's suggestion. If all else fails today will do that tonight. Can't bring the file home to mess about with, however

[avatarless]

Neo must know the answer to this: can a motherboard virus on a VM still infect you motherboard?

[Kooky]

Oh he's a software geek, he's crap with hardware.

I've just asked him, bearing in mind he's had a law exam this aft and is a bit brain dead, and he said, "How do you get a motherboard virus on a Virtual Machine, it doesn't have a motherboard. Well it does, but it's virtual."

Then he said something I didn't understand about not bridging but isolating your network...blah blah blah

I think baloo or jedi might be your best bet

[baloo]

re that sw. It's been a long time since something that apeared in Google's top 3 or 4 hits had a virus upon download. And it's a been a while since my anti-virus/malware (standard free microsoft stuff) didn't detect malware/virus when downloading.

[avatarless]

Oh he's a software geek, he's crap with hardware.

I've just asked him, bearing in mind he's had a law exam this aft and is a bit brain dead, and he said, "How do you get a motherboard virus on a Virtual Machine, it doesn't have a motherboard. Well it does, but it's virtual."

Then he said something I didn't understand about not bridging but isolating your network...blah blah blah

I think baloo or jedi might be your best bet

OK. Thanks! I guess I was thinking that since the VM still has to share resources with the host machine (like a processor) that a motherboard virus might somehow "leak through".

Law!!!! There's the world's buggiest piece of software... What possessed him to do that??

[Kooky]

He's nearing the end of his MBA, doing all the subjects he's been putting off

He was quite surprised at the weekend when I asked him if he planned to use Donoghue v Stevenson 1932 as one of his references - he had to look it up to check I'd got my facts correct, he said it was v Henderson and couldn't remember the year. (I last studied law in 1980 )

[avatarless]

He's nearing the end of his MBA, doing all the subjects he's been putting off

... relief

[Tas]

In case anyone is interested, I freaked myself out last night thinking I was changing the TV channel with my blackberry as a I scrolled, and it kept changing in time with my scrolling. Of course it turned out I was sitting on the remote, but for life of me the timing part still freaks me out, thought I was in a parallel universe for a second.

[Pinklepurr]

In case anyone is interested, I freaked myself out last night thinking I was changing the TV channel with my blackberry as a I scrolled, and it kept changing in time with my scrolling. Of course it turned out I was sitting on the remote, but for life of me the timing part still freaks me out, thought I was in a parallel universe for a second.

[canuck]

In case anyone is interested, I freaked myself out last night thinking I was changing the TV channel with my blackberry as a I scrolled, and it kept changing in time with my scrolling. Of course it turned out I was sitting on the remote, but for life of me the timing part still freaks me out, thought I was in a parallel universe for a second.

I concur with pinklepurr