Reply to post: Re: Flash, ActiveX, Office doc embedding/scripting - should already be DISABLED

Adobe Flash zero-day exploit... leveraging ActiveX… embedded in Office Doc... BINGO!

A.A.Hamilton

Re: Flash, ActiveX, Office doc embedding/scripting - should already be DISABLED

Thanks for this very stark warning. As an 'adviser' to foreign students studying at UK Universities, I have become used to receiving significant volumes of MS Word documents, like theses, containing multiple media types. Is there a practical alternative? If not, what effective precautions can be taken?

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