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Microsoft warns of "critical" Office security flaw
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp. on Tuesday warned of a "critical" security flaw in its Office application that could allow attackers to take control of a computer.Microsoft, the world's top software company whose Windows operating system runs on 90 percent of the world's computers, issued a patch to fix the problem as part of its monthly security bulletin.
The company also issued one other security warning it rated at its second-highest level of "important" for Microsoft Windows.
A vulnerability defined as "important" is one where an outsider could break into a machine and gain access to confidential data but not replicate itself to other computers, Microsoft said.
It defines a flaw as "critical" when the vulnerability could allow a damaging Internet worm to replicate without the user doing anything to the machine.
Microsoft has been working for more than three years to improve the security and reliability of its software as more and more malicious software targets weaknesses in Windows and other Microsoft software.
Yeah, well, it ain't working, is it?
Which is why I've switched to Ubuntu Linux.
Firefox. Thunderbird. Open Office. Nvu. Open source, secure and 100% free.
Bye, Bill.