Alert from the OIT Help Desk about E-mail Attachments
Microsoft Word XP and 2003 contain a flaw that could be used by an
attacker to take control of your computer. This can be accomplished
by convincing the computer's user to simply open a specially crafted
Word document, including documents hosted on web sites or attached
to email messages. Check with the sender if you are concerned about
the validity of a message as the e-mail from: field can be forged so
that it appears that an e-mail is coming from someone you know or
even from yourself. In order to protect yourself, you should be
extremely cautious about opening any attachments or links.
