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Another Word zero-day bug used in attacks
"There have been very limited attacks reported that are attempting to use the reported vulnerability at this time," a Microsoft representative said Thursday in a statement about the latest problem. The company is investigating this latest report and may issue a patch, if needed, the representative said.

Straight from the horse's mouth. Very limited attacks. The attacker has to entice the user to open the Word documents. ZDNet is making this into a bigger deal than it really is. Given the above information I'd say this isn't worth the time at all. People will stop and know something is wrong when they are enticed to open a Word <ocument. Not only that but the antivirus software will catch it before it becomes a problem. This thing is gone before it ever started.
Posted by: Loverock Davidson   Posted on: 01/26/07 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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openoffice here  galileon | 01/25/07
umm, no....  ejhonda | 01/26/07
Where's the risk?  SpikeyMike | 01/26/07
Thanks!  mike_corum@... | 01/26/07
Space to improuve.  preferatele12@... | 01/26/07
kOffice  Boot_Agnostic | 01/26/07
AbiWord also seems very good.  slim-01 | 01/26/07
What is Symantec thinking?  DangDaCommonCentz | 01/26/07
Distribute OOo ODTs instead?  Logics | 01/26/07
Oh, I dunno  Jambalaya Breath | 01/27/07
Oh, I dunno  Jambalaya Breath | 01/27/07
Another Word zero-day bug used in attacks  Loverock Davidson | 01/26/07
Another hopeless atempt to spin un-fitness for purpose positively  whisperycat | 01/26/07
Speaking of spinning  Loverock Davidson | 01/26/07
Actually....  Zeppo9191 | 01/26/07
How do you explain this then Lovey?  Shelendrea | 01/26/07
Easy  Loverock Davidson | 01/26/07
And YET the attacks ARE Happening (nt)  mdsmedia | 01/26/07
Okay, now . . .  critic-at-arms | 01/26/07
If Loverock is paid for what he says here Microsoft is getting ripped off.  slim-01 | 01/26/07
Ok now...  Loverock Davidson | 01/26/07
Not a POSSIBLE EXPLOIT....AN EXPLOIT  mdsmedia | 01/26/07
Ahh, but...  Zeppo9191 | 01/26/07
And his stretching MS's brush off  mdsmedia | 01/27/07
Anyone with smarts...  SpikeyMike | 01/26/07
First I didn't name call in that post. I sometimes do but only to the  slim-01 | 01/28/07
You need to compare Limited Attacks in Word & No Know Attack in OpenOffice  slim-01 | 01/26/07
Spoken like a true Microsoft Evangelist!  Zeppo9191 | 01/26/07
Just not MSFT's week  Chad_z | 01/26/07
Did you notice . . .  critic-at-arms | 01/26/07
It's never  Jambalaya Breath | 01/27/07
Hmm... Maybe migration is in order?  thetargos | 01/26/07
StarOffice? The Suite?  critic-at-arms | 01/26/07
Where's No_Ax?  critic-at-arms | 01/26/07
I replaced GoToMyPC...  Logics | 01/26/07
That's OK we have Loverock. He & No_Axe are both MS lovechilds.  slim-01 | 01/26/07
Double Click in ZDNet Forum  me@... | 01/26/07
I don't have that problem  mdsmedia | 01/27/07
and this is news?  bblackmoor@... | 01/26/07
people should know better by now...  GrizzledGeezer | 01/26/07
You're right, as far as that goes . . .  critic-at-arms | 01/26/07
True. I have watch the Controller who was in charge of the network & PCs  slim-01 | 01/26/07
So instead of patching the software...  Logics | 01/26/07
Why do you hate Microsoft so much?  MacCanuck | 01/26/07
It's a convicted abusive mono0poly?  epcraig | 01/26/07
its sad  corticus | 01/26/07
Sadder yet,...  Logics | 01/26/07
Oh sure!!  mdsmedia | 01/27/07
HOW CAN COMPUTERS BE SO VULNERABLE?  BALTHOR | 01/26/07
A Microsoft flaw isn't a flaw until...  bidemytime | 01/26/07
"ZERO-DAY" IS MEANINGLESS  dgurney | 01/31/07

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