[HIB]Microsoft Releases 'Fix It' for DLL Hole

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After revealing that hundreds of Windows applications may be at risk of attack from malicious hackers using rogue dynamic link libraries (DLL), Microsoft has released a "Fix It" solution meant to ameliorate the problem. Fix Its are automated tools from Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) that tweak settings or repair problems -- sometimes security flaws -- that users encounter. Microsoft debuted the Fix It Button technology last year, enabling users to choose to automatically install a bug fix by clicking on a button instead of manually installing it themselves. However, the latest Fix It -- in combination with a separate tool that Microsoft provided last month -- serves merely to block most of the newly emerged DLL attacks: It does not address the underlying problem, which according to Microsoft, actually has to do with poor programming practices.

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