How to Recover a Corrupt RTF File. Losing important business information wastes company time and money. In a corrupt RTF file, typed text or embedded images are replaced with coding and symbols.

Convert the RTF file to a text file using a word processor. To do this, first open the file in a program such as Microsoft Word or OpenOffice Writer.

However, if your users don’t use, or rarely use, Word to open RTF or HTML documents, you may be better off blocking those files from loading in Word altogether.

The only way to be sure your computer won't get infected is not to open a document with the .rtf file extension until Microsoft says it's fine to do so.

Microsoft Corp. on Monday issued an emergency security warning saying that hackers have found a way to booby-trap certain common Word files with the .rtf extension. Microsoft says it's aware of ...