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  1. October 7th, 2004, 01:32 PM #1
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    Microsoft Word can let hackers in

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    Nice. Seems like most program these days can let hackers in... what next, firewall?

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  3. October 7th, 2004, 06:10 PM #3
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    Just ran across another short article about it

    A flaw in Microsoft Word 2000, and possibly Word 2002 as well, could be used by hackers to crash PCs or perhaps run other code on the compromised machine, a security firm said Thursday. ...

    http://www.techweb.com/wire/security/49900187
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