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Saturday, May 20, 2006

Undocumented MS Word exploit

UPDATED

The PC Doctor is all over this unfortunate situation.

Basically, an e-mail attachment that looks like a Word document is really a trojan. It gets executed when the attachment is opened by installing a rootkit which gives hackers access to a computer system. For more information, following the links in these articles from PC Doctor:

• Microsoft Word zero-day hack attack - Trojan.Mdropper.H & Backdoor.Ginwui
• More information about Ginwui.A
• More details emerge about the Microsoft Word exploit

Microsoft will release a fix for this in their June 13, 2006, security patch.

EDIT to add:

• Even more on the Microsoft Word zero-day hack attack - Trojan.Mdropper.H & Backdoor.Ginwui

Noting, specifically, there are two possible subject lines (as of now):

1. Notice (or)
2. RE Plan for final agreement

And the hits keep coming.

Added May 26, 2006: One more. If you're wondering how to run Word in safemode:

• Question of the Day - Running Word in safe mode

• Posted by: Marie Carnes at 03:07 AM
• 150 words in this article
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• Filed in: News | Tips - Other

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