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I don't get it...
I don't know of any Office vulnerability that involves privilege escalation so that means the trojan would run with the privileges of the user opening the infected Office <ocument. Surely in a large organization, the IT staff would have the wherewithal to secure desktops through Group Policy and force users to run with limited privileges. That would effectively neutralize any malware incapable of privilege escalation. So why would large organizations worry so much?

I still think the people who have the most to worry about are home users running XP who haven't upgraded to SP2, don't know anything about firewalls, don't use a router and can't figure out why their computer is so much slower now.
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RE: Reply to message  tfahs_orcim | 10/14/06
Then don't say it  TimeBomb | 10/14/06
Until Microsoft fixes the Drive-By Installs in IE  BitTwiddler | 10/13/06
Re: Until Microsoft fixes the Drive-By Installs in IE  too_much green_tea | 10/13/06
I agree  wcb42ad | 10/13/06
It will never be perfect...........unless...  Spoon Jabber | 10/13/06
Thank you  TimeBomb | 10/14/06
Microsoft spin  whisperycat | 10/13/06
Realistic spin  Stellardyne | 10/13/06
Not really  gotitright | 10/13/06
gotitwrong...that's a little unfair...  Stellardyne | 10/13/06
C'mon dood...  DarbyOhara | 10/15/06
Well  zkiwi | 10/15/06
I think you will find that  zkiwi | 10/13/06
Windows is hit because is WIndows is insecure - end of story  whisperycat | 10/16/06
Security: Linux vs. Microsoft  ZD4txt | 10/16/06
"vastly more secure "  Spoon Jabber | 10/16/06
Actually there is a very easy way out...  Stellardyne | 10/16/06
What happened to "more bang for buck" arguement?  Spoon Jabber | 10/17/06
Keep your employees  bjbrock | 10/13/06
e-mail...not internet surfing  Stellardyne | 10/13/06
I don't get it...  RocketEater | 10/13/06
yep, you don't get it...  bruce_mcculley@... | 10/13/06
I stand corrected...  RocketEater | 10/13/06
under the radar?  varick | 10/13/06
because  kursk | 10/16/06
and this is why we don't need training  RIAAsucks | 10/13/06
IT (IN) security is here to stay! Are you?  michael_orton@... | 10/13/06
Har  ibabadur1 | 10/13/06
HACKERS,HORSES AND HOSTS  BALTHOR | 10/13/06
Reseller Domenii .ro .com  ip_fresh@... | 10/15/06
Some of you posters can still get your malware out  Boot_Agnostic | 10/15/06
Nothing new.. old news to anyone in security.  Been_Done_Before | 10/16/06

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