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MS Excel Users Susceptible To New Vulnerability

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the safer-and-safer dept.

nandemoari writes "Microsoft has warned users that yet another critical vulnerability has been found in its popular Office spreadsheet program Excel. The flaw could allow remote hackers to open and run malicious code on an unsuspecting user's computer through an infected spreadsheet file. Products affected include Office 2000, Office 2002, Office 2003, Office 2007, Office 2004 for Mac, Office 2008 for Mac, and the Open XML File Format Converter for Mac."

2 of 64 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Leave it to Microsoft... by emocomputerjock · · Score: 5, Funny

    Consider it revenge for Quicktime.

  2. Re:dupe? by maxume · · Score: 5, Informative

    Don't be a dildo. The article linked in the summary points to an article on Ars that points to this page:

    http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/968272.mspx

    The link in the comment you replied to points an infoworld article that points to this page:

    http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/968272.mspx

    The articles are about the same issue.

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