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Microsoft disables DDE feature in Word to prevent further malware attacks

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    Kent Sharkey
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    Bleeping Computer[^]:

    As part of the December 2017 Patch Tuesday, Microsoft has shipped an Office update that disables the DDE feature in Word applications, after several malware campaigns have abused this feature to install malware.

    DDE - the gift that keeps on giving

    I had actually forgotten that it was a thing.

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      Bleeping Computer[^]:

      As part of the December 2017 Patch Tuesday, Microsoft has shipped an Office update that disables the DDE feature in Word applications, after several malware campaigns have abused this feature to install malware.

      DDE - the gift that keeps on giving

      I had actually forgotten that it was a thing.

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      Pualee
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      Wow... I remember using that years ago to solve a lot of problems...

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        Wow... I remember using that years ago to solve a lot of problems...

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        So did I. We found and implemented alternatives as soon as it was possible.

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          Bleeping Computer[^]:

          As part of the December 2017 Patch Tuesday, Microsoft has shipped an Office update that disables the DDE feature in Word applications, after several malware campaigns have abused this feature to install malware.

          DDE - the gift that keeps on giving

          I had actually forgotten that it was a thing.

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          MadMyche
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          In related news, Word Development Team reassigned to Excel Development team to assist with integration of Javascript and Python.


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