http://www.infoworld.com/article/06/12/06/HNwordattack_1.html
Microsoft warns of new Word attack. "There\'s now one more reason to be
careful about opening Microsoft Office attachments." By
Robert_McMillan@idg.com (Robert McMillan).
Hmmm. Wonder how to avoid this?
1. Don\'t open an untrusted attachment.
2. There are no trusted attachments.
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Ted Roche
Ted Roche & Associates, LLC
Hmm, the easiest way would be to not open attachments from Robert
McMillan!
<BG>
Tristan
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Tristan Leask wrote:
> Hmm, the easiest way would be to not open attachments from Robert
> McMillan!
>
> <BG>
>
> Tristan
> -----Original Message-----
> From: profoxtech-bounces@leafe.com [mailto:profoxtech-bounces@leafe.com]
> On Behalf Of Ted Roche
> Posted At: 07 December 2006 16:35
> Posted To: Profox Archive
> Conversation: [NF] Word Zero-Day Exploit
> Subject: [NF] Word Zero-Day Exploit
>
> Microsoft warns of new Word attack. There\'s now one more reason to be
> careful about opening Microsoft Office attachments By
> Robert_McMillan@idg.com (Robert McMillan).
ROFLMAO
=>ÃÂ Subject: RE: [NF] Word Zero-Day Exploit
=>ÃÂ
=>ÃÂ Hmm, the easiest way would be to not open attachments from
=>ÃÂ Robert McMillan!
=>ÃÂ
=>ÃÂ <BG>
=>ÃÂ
=>ÃÂ Tristan
=>
Hmmm. That would be the "Ostrich" gambol. Very effective as long as you stay under.
Seriously, this is scary because Word is the ubiquitous app. Everyone uses it and probably .01% of its users have any significant knowledge of it. As a result, almost anything can happen to their docs and they would not know about it.
We are trying to stop our users from sending out docs or spreadsheets and to send PDFs instead. The smart ones are catching on but many of the low-wattage folks don\'t understand and/or are too lazy to make the extra clicks.
Honestly, some selfish people are doing these nasty things and taking all the fun out of this business.
B+
HALinNY