A new security issue has been discovered in Microsoft Word, allowing hackers to activate malicious programs on external computers.
The German Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) in Bonn has released this information. This issue affects versions of Microsoft Office and Word in 2000 SP3, Word XP SP2, and Word 2004 for Mac.
Experts recommend that Word users install the patches provided by Microsoft. The patches can be found on Microsoft’s website. Anyone who has activated the automatic update feature in Windows will receive the patch.(H)
