Windows giant warns security flaw exploited in wild, but no patch available

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[quote= http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/03/24/microsoft_rtf_vuln/]Microsoft has warned its Word software is vulnerable to a newly discovered dangerous bug – which is being exploited right now in "limited, targeted attacks" in the wild. There is no patch available at this time.

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And later this "fix it" was made available: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2953095
Usually the "fix it" things involve disabling the affected component, in this case, it will "Disable opening RTF content in Microsoft Word". I doubt many people will care about not being able to open .rtf files.

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It is a workaround until they make a fix

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[#4]

The fix is to install LibreOffice.

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That said
What if the businesses / student(s) et al has already payed (extortionate fees) for the licenses
Or they do not want another suite taking up valuable room on their machine(s)

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Get rid of the broken one to make room.

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And then loose revenue on the costs of the unused license fees
Are you mad

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It's a zero cost option.
You won't need to waste money on future "upgrades".