Microsoft explores security tweaks in Office 2010
InternetNews | at | by Mike
Office 2010 will provide more than just cool new features, like Web-based versions of the suite's main applications.
It will also improve security for both users and administrators, the company said.
A new security technology that Microsoft is building into the next release of Microsoft Office aims to make it possible to safely view potentially dangerous files that are saved in older Office binary file formats.
Called "Protected View," the technology opens questionable files in a so-called "sandbox," displaying the files' contents in a safe, read-only mode -- but allowing users to edit files once they ensure no attack code is embedded in them.