Excel 2003 exploited by Trojan.Many institutions in the Middle East use Excel A full-featured spreadsheet for Windows and the Macintosh from Microsoft. It can link many spreadsheets for consolidation and provides a wide variety of business graphics and charts for creating presentation materials. 2003 and are at risk of being infected in·fect tr.v. in·fect·ed, in·fect·ing, in·fects 1. To contaminate with a pathogenic microorganism or agent. 2. To communicate a pathogen or disease to. 3. To invade and produce infection in. by the Trojan Microsoft has just confirmed that a potentially damaging security vulnerability exists in its popular Excel spreadsheet spreadsheet Computer software that allows the user to enter columns and rows of numbers in a ledgerlike format. Any cell of the ledger may contain either data or a formula that describes the value that should be inserted therein based on the values in other cells. software. Security software vendor Symantec alerted Microsoft to the problem after several users in Japan reported being infected by the Trojan AoMdropperAAE, which could allow remote code execution. It affects files using the .xls format and has not yet been noticed in the new .xlsx format. While motivation behind the Trojan is not yet known, Microsoft admits that attackers could exploit this vulnerability to E1/4gain the same user rights as the local userE in its latest security advisory bulletin. The company will release a security update once it completes investigating the vulnerability. Till then, Microsoft Office Microsoft's primary desktop applications for Windows and Mac. Depending on the package, it includes some combination of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access and Outlook along with various Internet and other utilities. users are advised to be wary of opening Excel files in email attachments See e-mail attachment. and to make sure security definitions are kept up-to-date 2009 Jordan Press & publishing Co. All rights reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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