
Phishing attacks can result in a user divulging sensitive information, including financial information, that can result in a loss of privacy or money. Phishing is the luring of sensitive information through e-mail, such as passwords and other personal information, by an attacker masquerading as someone trustworthy. SP2 contains a new Phishing Protection feature to be used with the Outlook Junk Email Filter.

This service pack combines them into one update. Some of the fixes included with SP2 have been previously released as separate updates.

Microsoft Office 2003 Service Pack 2 contains significant security enhancements, in addition to stability and performance improvements.
