Mac Office Users Asked to Uninstall Update

Microsoft advised users of its Mac version of Microsoft Office that a security patch inadvertently issued through its software update service was not ready for release. It advised those that may have applied the patch to uninstall the update, although it provided no guidance as to when to expect the final version of the patch.

"The updates posted in error were pre-release binaries that had been staged internally as part of our testing for an upcoming release," a Microsoft Security Response Center official wrote Wednesday in the tem Web log. Due to human error, they were accidentally published to the public websites before our full testing release process was complete." Microsoft said it was taking steps to prevent such a mistake from occurring again.