Tuesday, August 22, 2006
Protect Yourself from PowerPoint.
Just when you thought it was safe...
Last month, some nasty Canastas released the "Zero Day" PowerPoint bug just one day after Microsoft's monthly "patch day". This meant that PowerPoint users had to wait a whole month for a PowerPoint patch. And on August 8, Microsoft released the "zero day" patch.
But hold on...we are not safe just yet! There is now a new set of PowerPoint nasties worming their way throughout the internet. A twin set of Trojans that use PowerPoint to deliver malicious code is now making the rounds...
Just when you thought it was safe...
Last month, some nasty Canastas released the "Zero Day" PowerPoint bug just one day after Microsoft's monthly "patch day". This meant that PowerPoint users had to wait a whole month for a PowerPoint patch. And on August 8, Microsoft released the "zero day" patch.
But hold on...we are not safe just yet! There is now a new set of PowerPoint nasties worming their way throughout the internet. A twin set of Trojans that use PowerPoint to deliver malicious code is now making the rounds...
Protect yourself from PowerPoint...
So last month's advice on opening PowerPoint files from remains the same: 1) keep your anti-virus software up-to-date and 2) refrain from opening unsolicited PowerPoint files that you receive in your email and 3) only download PowerPoint files (both templates and presentations) from the internet sites that you know and trust.
¶ 8/22/2006 09:51:00 AM
