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Thursday, July 12, 2001

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Microsoft Outlook Vulnerable To New Attack

By Brian McWilliams, Newsbytes

A glitch in an ActiveX control shipped with Microsoft's Outlook e-mail program could enable an attacker to take full control of a victim's computer, Microsoft confirmed today. The flaw, which affects all versions of Outlook, including Outlook 2002, which Microsoft bundles with its new Office XP suite, lies in an ActiveX program named "Microsoft Outlook View Control," according to Scott Culp, head of Microsoft's security response center....

 


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