Microsoft Warns of Uptick in Attacks on Unpatched Windows Flaw
Summary: Microsoft warned that attacks had escalated against an unpatched critical vulnerability in the Microsoft Help & Support Center affecting Windows XP and Server 2003, after a Google researcher disclosed the flaw in mid-June 2010. Microsoft said more than 10,000 distinct computers had reported seeing the attack at least once, and it urged users to apply an interim FixIt tool to disable the vulnerable component while an official patch was prepared.
Why it matters: More than 10,000 machines had already reported the attack before any official patch existed, leaving XP and Server 2003 users dependent on a manual workaround until a fix expected around July 13, 2010.
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