Third-party program rescues Win XP users having trouble installing Microsoft's
update to fix serious flaw.
Windows XP users unable to successfully install the operating system's first service
pack face a bad choice: an unstable system or a vulnerable one with an extremely
serious hole that the newly released SP1 corrects. Now, a software developer has
released a freeware tool to block exploits of the previously undisclosed flaw--even
without SP1.
The flaw, described on a handful of security message boards and revealed earlier this
week, relates to the operation of Windows XP's Help and Support Center's "self
healing" function. It could let a malicious cracker delete files by remote access. The
exploit could be easily distributed as a URL in an e-mail or on a Web site.
update to fix serious flaw.
Windows XP users unable to successfully install the operating system's first service
pack face a bad choice: an unstable system or a vulnerable one with an extremely
serious hole that the newly released SP1 corrects. Now, a software developer has
released a freeware tool to block exploits of the previously undisclosed flaw--even
without SP1.
The flaw, described on a handful of security message boards and revealed earlier this
week, relates to the operation of Windows XP's Help and Support Center's "self
healing" function. It could let a malicious cracker delete files by remote access. The
exploit could be easily distributed as a URL in an e-mail or on a Web site.
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