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What type of security is used to protect Word and Excel files from being opened?

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What type of security is used to protect Word and Excel files from being opened?

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Word and Excel file protection is quite complex. The original password is converted into a hash using the MD5 hash function. This is manipulated and used as an encryption key for RC4 encryption of the file contents.