Description of PowerPoint 2000 Service Release 1 (SR-1) security update (285978)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft PowerPoint 2000
This article was previously published under Q285978
For a Microsoft PowerPoint 97 for Windows version of this article, see 299368.
SYMPTOMS Malicious hackers can lure users into opening a PowerPoint
file that causes undesired and possibly damaging effects on the user's hard
disk drive. The specific symptoms vary according to the malicious code.
RESOLUTION
To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Microsoft Office 2000. For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
276367 How to obtain the latest Office 2000 service pack
Before you install
Microsoft Office 2000 Service Pack 3 (SP-3), you must have Microsoft Office
2000 Service Release 1/1a (SR-1/SR-1a) installed first. To obtain Office 2000
Service Release 1/1a (SR-1/SR-1a), click the article number below to view the
article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: 245025 How to obtain and install the Office 2000 SR-1/SR-1a Update
You can no longer obtain this update separate from the latest Office 2000 service pack. STATUSMicrosoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section. This problem was first corrected in the Microsoft
PowerPoint 2000 SR-1 Parsing Vulnerability Update.
| Modification Type: | Major | Last Reviewed: | 11/30/2005 |
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| Keywords: | kbopenfile kbtshoot kbprb kbOffice2000SP3Fix kbofficeupdate KB285978 |
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