Wednesday, August 16, 2006

Hackers target latest Windows fix

Hi-tech hackers have started to produce malicious programs that target the latest bugs in Microsoft's Windows.

A worm has been spotted in the wild that tries to use vulnerabilities to hijack home computers.

Any computer compromised by the worm will become part of a large botnet set up to send out junk mail.

At the same time Microsoft is re-issuing a recent security patch which has made the Internet Explorer browser crash on some computers.
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