Comments on: New Excel zero-day flaw used in attacks

At least one customer reports being target of cyberattack exploiting yet-to-be-patched hole in spreadsheet software.

[whiner60]

excel zero day flaw

It seems to me( and I guess it's just me) that 30 days is too long to wait for a patch. Since Microsoft virtually owns the personal software market, can't they hire the best and brightest to solve these hacking problems say--Overnight?. Or, just go buy Symantec and have them do nothing but attack malicious code all day. Or is it a case of "there's money to be made here so let's not move too quickly". Of course, it would help if Microsoft were a software company and not a software MARKETING company.

[ralfthedog]

This is why I use Open Office

Unfortunatly, I know that people who work for me use Microsoft Office when working from home.

[the Otter]

This is why I use Mac OS X

I can use Excel 2004 for complete interoperability with every
version of Excel (Mac OS or Ms Windows) released since 1997, but I
don?t have to worry about these stupid Windows-based flaws.

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Common comment: "That's why I use 'Anything But Microsoft' products

For every Microsoft product there is a better alternative, it isn't just MS Office that is a threat to the Internet ecosystem.