Virus Alert! :-(

I got this in my inbox today from Brian and thought it was worth posting about...y'all be careful out there!

Hey everybody,

I know you all know to be careful opening attachments from people you don't know - but I wanted to put the word out to be extra extra cautious when it comes to Word documents. There are currently 4 unpatched Word vulnerabilities that are being exploited right now. That means that Microsoft has not released a patch for them, and hackers are taking advantage of this fact.

So be sure to DELETE any messages that contain a Word attachment if you don't know the sender - and even if you do, be extra cautious and only open the attachment if you're expecting it.

Hopefully Microsoft will be patching these vulnerabilities on 2/13.

Please be sure to let your friends and family know too.

http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&taxonomyName=windows&articleId=9009198&taxonomyId=125
http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2006/12/15/update-on-current-word-vulnerability-reports.aspx

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