Network and Computer Security

The last Microsoft Office version appears to contain lots of vulnerabilities; so much in fact that many experts fear a new macro-virus like Melissa is quite likely to appear very soon.

Since the end of 2005, about 20 vulnerabilities have been found in Office; that’s more than enough for the virus and worm writers out there to find an easy to exploit one and to take over all the machines with the lastest Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and, for professional users, Access) installed.

The problem is even more accute that in takes an average of 4 months to Microsoft to issue patches fixing security problems; so as the number of known vulnerabilities increases tons of systems remain vulnerable.

Read more here: Flaw finders lay siege to Microsoft Office