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Microsoft Word Security Flaw

Posted by timothy on from the remember-word-viruses-fondly dept.

JWL-23 writes: "cnn.com is reporting that a Microsoft Word flaw may allow file theft. Furthermore, they plan on not fixing Word 97, leaving millions of users out in the cold. Yet another reason to try OpenOffice.org." It still takes more than running Word to expose the contents of your hard drive though.

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  1. M$ troll... by edrugtrader · · Score: 1, Troll

    "microsoft(.*)" may allow file theft... thats a little more accurate.

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  2. Re:Riiiight by Angry+White+Guy · · Score: 1, Troll

    Ummm, so you don't get your files stolen...

    But seriously, I agree wholehartedly. Office functionality has gotten way out of hand. If they were to release a Home, Business, and Editor version, with increasing features and price, they might be able to squeeze every dollar out of revalations like this.

    I guess it breaks down to how many features the average user needs...

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