On Nov 1, 2011, at 8:42 AM, MB Software Solutions, LLC wrote:
> "Microsoft Office File Validation is a security add-in for Office 2003
> and 2007. Office File Validation is used to validate that Binary File
> Format files conform to the Microsoft Office File Format. The user will
> be notified of possible security risks if files fail to conform to the
> format."
>
> Hmmm...why does this make me think of FUD (like from DR-DOS days) and
> Geuine Advantage and killbits and OpenOffice files writing out MS Office
> files?
Maybe because security risks aren't limited to format exceptions? There
are a large number of Office security holes that were exploited by perfectly
legitimate documents with malicious scripts.
What's that saying about a tiger changing its stripes? ;-)
-- Ed Leafe
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