cybergal
August 24th, 2005, 19:03
PCs running a certain configuration of Microsoft's Windows XP operating system are vulnerable to attack from the Zotob worm that ran riot on Windows 2000 systems last week, Microsoft says.
In a "clarification" issued this week, Microsoft says that PCs running Windows XP Service Pack 1 are also at risk if a file-sharing feature called "Simple File Sharing and ForceGuest" is enabled. The company hadn't seen any attacks trying to exploit this scenario as of Tuesday, it says.
STORY LINK (http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/pcworld/20050824/tc_pcworld/122298)
In a "clarification" issued this week, Microsoft says that PCs running Windows XP Service Pack 1 are also at risk if a file-sharing feature called "Simple File Sharing and ForceGuest" is enabled. The company hadn't seen any attacks trying to exploit this scenario as of Tuesday, it says.
STORY LINK (http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/pcworld/20050824/tc_pcworld/122298)