Jakarta - Microsoft Officially inform one contained a dangerous loophole in their word processing application , Microsoft Word . This vulnerability allows hackers to control the victim's computer .
Cracks can be compromised by hackers through a file Rich Text Format ( RTF ) , which is a standard MS Word files before finally transformed into . Doc .According to the Microsoft website , which is quoted on Wednesday ( 02/04/2014 ) , hackers have found a way to insert malware into an RTF file . Once the infected file was opened with Microsoft Word 2010 then immediately spread malicious programs .
In addition to controlling the computer can be the victim, the malicious programs can also be used as an engine spammers or malware to other computers .So far the malware could only work in Word 2010 application , and will not be activated when opened in Word 2013 or later . Even so , the malware is still dangerous because it can make a crash on the victim computer .
Until now, Microsoft has not released a fix to patch the gap , and for a while Word 2010 users are encouraged to be more careful when accepting file types . RTF .
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