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by weltensturm 1886 days ago
It looks like they switched from .doc to .docx in January, I wonder if the old format was the attack vector
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annoyingnoob 1886 days ago
.doc can contain macros that do bad things

.docx cannot contain macros

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londons_explore 1886 days ago
I don't think thats true...
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jaywalk 1886 days ago
It is true. .docx files cannot contain macros, but .docm files can. The same x/m convention applies to all of the other Office file formats as well.
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