XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-11   
   From: winstonmvp@gmail.com   
      
   J. P. Gilliver wrote on 1/28/2026 2:11 PM:   
   > On 2026/1/28 16:6:23, ...w¡ñ§±¤ñ wrote:   
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   >> - Versions supported are update-able and fixable, as in the past earlier   
   >> non-supported versions are not. Likewise, MSFT does not report   
   >> vulnerability to versions older than indicated in the CVE.   
   >   
   > So earlier versions are not fixable (by this patch, anyway), but may not   
   > be vulnerable in the first place.   
     It would be wise to assume the opposite => vulnerable   
   >   
   >> - applies to any malicious Office file => 'whatever' in your terminology   
   >   
   > When I said does it have to be .docx or whatever, I meant does it have   
   > to be (for example) .docx, .xlsx, or whatever, as opposed to .doc, .xls,   
   > and so on - i. e. the "new" formats.   
     All those file types can include links or phishing content - not sure   
   why you wouldn't know that.   
   >>   
   >> i.e. if using 2003 or 2007 or 2010 or 2013 you are SOL.   
   >   
   > I don't know SOL :-) - OOL I would guess at!   
   $hi+ Outta Luck   
      
      
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