[Vincent Ferrari]

http://cultofmac.com/trojans-and-pi...work-oh-my/7423

"A new Trojan Horse is currently hidden in pirated copies of Apple’s iWork ‘09 available via various BitTorrent tracker sites, according to a marketing pitch, uh, report from security software manufacturer Intego. While the pirated software is complete and functional, the installer contains a “bonus” called iWorkServices.pkg. This software is installed as a startup item where it has read-write-execute permissions for root: in other words, it has all the powers of a system administrator. This malicious software connects to a remote server over the internet, alerts its maker that it has been installed and gives this person the ability to connect to the affected Mac remotely."

Frankly, if you're pirating software, I hope your damn computer blows up on you.  I have no sympathy for people who pirate stuff, and frankly pirating an entire Office Suite that goes for $79 is even more ridiculous.  Maybe that'll teach the "I want everything free!" folks that not everything can be free just because you want it to be so.  Hopefully none of you fall into the "if I want it, I just take it" category.

[Vincent Ferrari]

http://cultofmac.com/trojans-and-pi...work-oh-my/7423

"A new Trojan Horse is currently hidden in pirated copies of Apple’s iWork ‘09 available via various BitTorrent tracker sites, according to a marketing pitch, uh, report from security software manufacturer Intego. While the pirated software is complete and functional, the installer contains a “bonus” called iWorkServices.pkg. This software is installed as a startup item where it has read-write-execute permissions for root: in other words, it has all the powers of a system administrator. This malicious software connects to a remote server over the internet, alerts its maker that it has been installed and gives this person the ability to connect to the affected Mac remotely."

Frankly, if you're pirating software, I hope your damn computer blows up on you.  I have no sympathy for people who pirate stuff, and frankly pirating an entire Office Suite that goes for $79 is even more ridiculous.  Maybe that'll teach the "I want everything free!" folks that not everything can be free just because you want it to be so.  Hopefully none of you fall into the "if I want it, I just take it" category.

[Macguy59]

Me thinks you have issues Vincent. You need to come out of your shell

[crimsonsky]

I'm 100% with Vincent on this one. iWork is the most affordable paid Office software on the planet and it's worth a lot more. I have iWork 08 and MS Office 2008. Office cost twice what iWork cost (for the Home and Student Edition that I have) and guess which one I consider the better value?

Serves 'em right for stealing as far as I'm concerned.

[Vincent Ferrari]

Originally Posted by Macguy59

Me thinks you have issues Vincent. You need to come out of your shell

Well, I've been known to have trouble expressing myself...

[doogald]

If anybody wants to try it out before buying it, you can download a 30 day trial from Apple.com. That's what I did.