Mike, You are such a cynic! Mind you, anyone who has been in programming and IT for any length of time seems to develop this trait.
Dave -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of MB Software Solutions, LLC Sent: 01 November 2011 16:32 To: ProFox Email List Subject: Re: [NF] Microsoft Office File Validation Add-In via Windows Update On 11/1/2011 11:59 AM, Alan Bourke wrote: >> 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? > > > It's just an attempt to stop exploits that take advantage of malformed > Office files. And OpenOffice files seem at least as prone to this if > these are to be believed (I presume Windows is the platform here): > > http://dankaminsky.com/2011/03/11/fuzzmark/ > http://dankaminsky.com/2011/03/11/fuzzmark/ > Can you see why I might wonder as I did though, based on the past? I don't mean to cause FUD myself, and I'm sure they're doing what they can to close holes/exploits, but I just had that feeling that something didn't seem totally right. [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
