Microsoft fixes critical PowerPoint flaw
Microsoft has released a new version of its Producer software, fixing a critical security problem that plagued the product for several months.
Producer is a free add-on tool that helps users capture and add multimedia components to their PowerPoint presentations.
Last March, Microsoft warned of a critical security bug in the product, but it didn't release a new update. Instead, it said that Producer 2003 users should simply uninstall their software. On Monday, however, it posted an update, and is now recommending that "all customers using Producer 2003 upgrade to the new version", according to a blog post from the Microsoft Security Response Center.
