Microsoft reports a new vulnerability in WordPad Text Converter for Word 97
I suspect this will only impact a very few people, but the threat is real. If you are viewing Word 97 documents using WordPad, because you do not have Word installed and you use one of the following OSs, then you're at risk.
If you are unsure of the source, but you still want to open it, at least go through the extra work to make sure it was not created in Word 97. To do this:
- Windows 2000 Service Pack 4
- Windows XP Service Pack 2
- Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1
- Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2
If you are unsure of the source, but you still want to open it, at least go through the extra work to make sure it was not created in Word 97. To do this:
- Right-click the Word file
- Click Properties
- Click the Summary tab
- Scroll down to the Application Name and make sure it does NOT read Microsoft Word 8.0
- Go to the Command Prompt (Start >Run... > cmd)
- Enter the following: echo y| cacls "%ProgramFiles%\Windows NT\Accessories\mswrd8.wpc" /E /P everyone:N
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