Microsoft fixes serious Word security problem

Thanks to Peter Deegan of Woody's Office Watchfor tipping me off to an important new security fix for Microsoft Word. Here's the description from Microsoft:

Microsoft has released a patch that fixes a vulnerability in Word 97 whichcould permit macros to run without warning the user when the user opens adocument based on a template containing macros. A malicious hacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause malicious macro code to be run withoutwarning if a user opens a Word attachment that was sent by a malicious hacker, or posted on a web site controlled by the malicious hacker. Thismalicious macro could possibly be used to damage or retrieve data on a user's system.

For more information about the problem, and to download the fix, pleasevisit the Microsoft Web site