MS is backpedalling on this... www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2243957,00.asp
I'm particularly amused by the 3rd paragraph: "We blamed the other guys, but the problem was actually in our lousy code." Typical MS. >Microsoft will provide a new and easy way for customers to unblock the >files that were shut off by default when they installed Office 2003 >Service Pack 3. > >The software maker also confirmed to eWEEK Jan. 4 that all the same files >are blocked by Office 2007, which was released a year ago, and that the >company had erred when it stated that the file formats themselves were >less secure, which is not the case. > >Rather, it is the parsing code that Office 2003 uses to open and save the >file types which is less secure, Reed Shaffner, a product manager for >Microsoft Office, told eWEEK on Jan. 4. > ************************************************************************ * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== * ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ************************************************************************ * List archive from 1/1/2000 is on the MARC http://marc.info/?l=computerguys-l * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header "X-No-Archive: yes" will not be archived ************************************************************************
