Most all versions of MS Office and MS Works for Windows and Mac are vulnerable to malicious word documents.  It is advised that no unsolicited doc files be opened by users.  They may arrive as email attachments.  Do not open or save any .doc files received from the Internet.  It is worth noting that Microsoft has been unusually strong in the wording of their warning.

For more info:  http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/929433.mspx

A patch may be available on Patch Tuesday, December 12.

Posted on Sunday, December 10th, 2006 at 10:22 PM and filed under All Posts, Email Security, Online Security. You can follow any responses to this post through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a comment, or you may trackback from your own site.