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I remember The Register, early attempt at blogging, surprisingly still going - Charlie Hoult
Microsoft cock-up lets hackers in
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Powerpoint vulnerability
Monday, 6 April 2009, 13:43
SOFTWARE GIANT Microsoft has admitted that it cocked up when it missed a vulnerability in Powerpoint, but it has not sorted out a patch even as hackers exploit the hole.
In a pre-patch security advisory, Vole has warned that hackers were exploiting a critical unpatched bug in Office by using booby-trapped files for the presentation software.
A top vole said that the attacks were limited and only worked on old versions of Powerpoint.
He failed to mention anything about Microsoft patching it any time soon. µ
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Looking at the Interop-Ability advert above, (the one with the car) I'd say he's the one with the cock-up.
You can currently download the patch for this problem from:
http://www.ubuntu.com/GetUbuntu/download
This patch also fixes all other known (and future) Windows security problems, and supplies OpenOffice. Highly recommended.
If you just want to delete MS office and "patch" Windows (not as secure a solution) you can just download the Windows version of OpenOffice from:
http://download.openoffice.org/
Also with your great fix comes the lack of incompatibility with 99% of all 3D intensive games on the market.
Not for gamers.
Also open sauce so who's checking the code that you just put on your nice shiny office computer that is handling those confidential documents?
You are right linux is not for gamers but still how many gamers use powerpoint on there computers...
OpenOffice does work in Windows as S. Ballmer pointed out...
Also to answer you security concern, the cool think about open source is that it's OPEN SOURCE if people put backdoors or crappy code then other people correct them... If microsoft puts backdoors or crappy code in office... Only microsoft can see the code and correct it...
You do realise a "lack of incompatibility" means a presence of compatibility, right?
I don't think you meant what you said.
That solution only apply to user than don't use other software than office.
Maybe that's why linux is more used as server than as desktop.