Microsoft’s Malware Protection Center warned of malware that spreads via the Internet in November and exploits an unpatched vulnerability in Word. To become infected, it is sufficient to view a malicious e-mail.

Which is considered a critical issue affects documents in Rich Text Format. “The dangerous thing about this vulnerability is that a malicious user an e-mail will not open in order to infect their computers,” said Joshua Talbot, security intelligence manager at Symantec, in November. “It is enough that the contents of the e-mail in the reading pane of Outlook. Marks a user a specially crafted e-mail to see a preview, his computer is now infected.”

The vulnerability of Microsoft had been stuffed in November. With the warning of the malware now emerged wants the software giant seems to ensure that all users import the update. About the update history in Windows Update can be found, whether on 9 November is installed patch released KB2289161. For more information about the update, the Office XP, 2003, 2007, 2010, and since 15 December also for Office for Mac 2008, 2011 and the Open XML File Converter for Mac is available, can be found on the Microsoft website.

Microsoft’s Malware Protection Center warned of malware that spreads via the Internet in November and exploits an unpatched vulnerability in Word. To become infected, it is sufficient to view a malicious e-mail. Which is considered a critical issue affects documents in Rich Text Format. “The dangerous thing about this vulnerability is that a malicious user [...]

Microsoft’s Malware Protection Center warned of malware that spreads via the Internet in November and exploits an unpatched vulnerability in Word. To become infected, it is sufficient to view a malicious e-mail. Which is considered a critical issue affects documents in Rich Text Format. “The dangerous thing about this vulnerability is that a malicious user [...]

Microsoft’s Malware Protection Center warned of malware that spreads via the Internet in November and exploits an unpatched vulnerability in Word. To become infected, it is sufficient to view a malicious e-mail. Which is considered a critical issue affects documents in Rich Text Format. “The dangerous thing about this vulnerability is that a malicious user [...]

Microsoft’s Malware Protection Center warned of malware that spreads via the Internet in November and exploits an unpatched vulnerability in Word. To become infected, it is sufficient to view a malicious e-mail. Which is considered a critical issue affects documents in Rich Text Format. “The dangerous thing about this vulnerability is that a malicious user [...]

Microsoft’s Malware Protection Center warned of malware that spreads via the Internet in November and exploits an unpatched vulnerability in Word. To become infected, it is sufficient to view a malicious e-mail. Which is considered a critical issue affects documents in Rich Text Format. “The dangerous thing about this vulnerability is that a malicious user [...]

Microsoft’s Malware Protection Center warned of malware that spreads via the Internet in November and exploits an unpatched vulnerability in Word. To become infected, it is sufficient to view a malicious e-mail. Which is considered a critical issue affects documents in Rich Text Format. “The dangerous thing about this vulnerability is that a malicious user [...]

Microsoft’s Malware Protection Center warned of malware that spreads via the Internet in November and exploits an unpatched vulnerability in Word. To become infected, it is sufficient to view a malicious e-mail. Which is considered a critical issue affects documents in Rich Text Format. “The dangerous thing about this vulnerability is that a malicious user [...]