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Holes in PowerPoint and Excel

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the everybody-point-and-laugh dept.

jeffy124 writes: "Looks like it's time for IIS and Outlook to make room on the pedestal of security holes. Just about every recent version of PowerPoint and Excel are vulnerable to being taken over to control the system remotely. The hole is a macro-related, as it's possible to bypass asking the user if they'd like a macro to run. Microsoft's advisory can be found here." Funny. I always thought that PowerPoint was already at least as destructive as macro viruses to corporate productivity. You ever watch a suit fiddle with his presentation?

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  2. Re:OpenOffice.org by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Help protect US industry from terrorist
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    I'm not trying to be sensationalistic, but
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    problems and not truly wreaking the havoc
    they could. Its time to batton down the
    hatches and if some software needs to be
    left out, then leave it out.

  3. Slashdot = Bin Laden for Geek's by WildBeast · · Score: 0, Troll

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