I haven't seen OpenOffice or StarOffice listed as being vulnerable.
Hmm, that's an interesting question -- I doubt Microsoft would take on
testing and reporting exploits for products that aren't theirs.
Symantec and the rest have been testing various versions of Word. I
don't know if they would automatically test alternatives. /rich
On 12/8/06, Sean O'Malley <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> On Fri, 8 Dec 2006, Richard Wiggins wrote:
>
> > The advice from Microsoft is not to open Word documents from anyone,
> > even trusted senders. Only open Word documents you are expecting from
> > trusted senders. This is another reason why people should use PDF for
> > formatted announcements, and only send Word documents if they intend
> > for the recipient to edit them.
>
> Does this affect people using OpenOffice or StarOffice to open up the
> infected Word documents?
>
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