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Exploit:Win32/CVE-2008-4841
Detected by Microsoft Defender Antivirus
Aliases: TrojanDropper:Win32/Malword (Microsoft)
Summary
Exploit:Win32/CVE-2008-4841 is a detection for maliciously formed Microsoft Word documents intended to exploit a vulnerability in Wordpad and the Desktop Search Indexing service on Windows XP versions prior to Service Pack 3.
For further information on this reported vulnerability, please see Microsoft Security Advisory 960906 -'Vulnerability in WordPad text Converter could allow remote code execution'.
Manual removal is not recommended for this threat. To detect and remove this threat and other malicious software that may have been installed, run a full-system scan with an up-to-date antivirus product such as the Microsoft Safety Scanner (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=212742). For more information, see http://www.microsoft.com/protect/computer/viruses/vista.mspx.
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