eWeek wrote:Microsoft on Dec. 5 warned that an unpatched vulnerability in its Word software program is being used in targeted, zero-day attacks.
eWeek wrote:Affected software versions include Microsoft Word 2000, Microsoft Word 2002, Microsoft Office Word 2003, Microsoft Word Viewer 2003, Microsoft Word 2004 for Mac and Microsoft Word 2004 v. X for Mac. The Microsoft Works 2004, 2005 and 2006 suites are also affected because they include Microsoft Word.
<beavis>eWeek wrote:There are no pre-patch workarounds available. Microsoft suggests that users "not open or save Word files," even from trusted sources. "As a best practice, users should always exercise extreme caution when opening unsolicited attachments from both known and unknown sources," the company said.
ha! ha!
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so, the suggestion is... don't use office 'till they get around to finally fixing this... how is this a viable option?
<continues to delete everything with unsolicited attachments>
<apologies to jamin_za... as tempting as "tubgirl in kazakhestan" sounded, it got scrubbed >