New Excel Vulnerability

A new and as of yet unpatched security hole in Microsoft's Excel program has been exploited. Receiving a malicious Excel spreadsheet attachment. Naturally, you should never open any attachments from anyone you don't know. Even then, you should be expecting the specific attachment. Currently Microsoft has tested this vulnerability on Excel 2003, Excel XP, Excel 2000, Excel 2004 for the Mac, Excel v X for the Mac, and the Excel Viewer. There are several workarounds that can be employed.

Details can be found at: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/921365.mspx

Derek Rowan
President
HLP Associates, Inc.
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