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Beware of Malicious Excel Files
By Ryan Naraine
2008-03-11
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Computer security experts warn
that booby-trapped Excel documents are circulating with malicious executables.
According to an alert issued by the United States
Computer Emergency Readiness Team, a malicious Trojan
has been rigged into .xls files that are being distributed via e-mail.
"Known file names for these attachments are OLYMPIC.XLS and SCHEDULE.XLS.
These files may also contain Windows binary executables that can compromise an
affected system," according to the US-CERT warning.
Researchers at the SANS ISC (Internet Storm Center), a group that tracks
malicious Internet activity, have confirmed the latest attacks, which are
exploiting a known—and unpatched—vulnerability in Microsoft Office Excel 2003
Service Pack 2, Microsoft Office Excel Viewer 2003, Microsoft Office Excel
2002, Microsoft Office Excel 2000 and Microsoft Excel 2004 for Mac.
Read the full article at eWEEK.
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