[Newspoetry] Microsoft Excel Security Warning

William Gillespie gillespi at uiuc.edu
Tue Nov 12 17:45:07 CST 2002


An Urbana, Illinois publisher discovered a macro embedded in recent
versions of Microsoft Excel. When the spreadsheet utility is used for
accounting, the macro automatically embezzles money and deposits it into
bank accounts owned by Microsoft.

Bill Gates, vacationing on his island, could not be reached for comment.





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