Re: [icon-users] Microsoft Office file validation
- From: jjcornwell@xxxxxxxxxx
- To: icon-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2012 11:02:11 GMT
In message <52729a4a94john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
John Harrison <john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Has anyone else had this problem? I've had it from several people in
> recent months.
> When sending documents to non-RO users I convert them to PDF if they are
> not for editing, or Word if they are (eg contributions to a newsletter).
> Several people have come back asking me to re-save and re-send, because the
> file has been detected as suspicious.
Have they accidently been sent out with RISC OS file types? I have had
that happen once or twice.
> There can't be any malware in a file generated by EW, and I can't believe
> that EW would add any content that wasn't necessary. My suspicion is that
> the file is being scanned to find out what version of Word created it, and
> then checked to make sure it contains nothing inconsistent with that
> version. Since an EW file doesn't contain such an identifier, it is
> failing the first part of the test.
> If I am right, I consider it arrogant of MS to assume that anything not
> created by MS is probably malicious. I wonder whether it would reject
> files created by Open Office, or Apple's 'Pages'.
> The latest frightened recipient sent me this URL:
> http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/advisory/2501584
> Regards
--
Jenny
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