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The Word Exploit Is Out

A week after fixing a few major Word zero-day vulnerabilities, Microsoft is fessing up to another one. This hole is only in older versions, specifically Office XP and Office 2000, and like the recently patched problem, can let a hacker take over your computer. Redmond is working on a fix as we speak.

Posted by Doug Barney on February 21, 2007


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