[HIB]Windows HCP Flaw: What You Need to Know

Anyone running Windows XP or Windows Server 2003 needs to update their registry ASAP.A critical bug in the Help and Support center was made public recently and Microsoft has neither a fix nor an estimate as to when a fix might be available. Worse still, sample code to exploit the bug is readily available, along with a detailed explanation of the flaw, making it especially easy for bad guys to exploit the vulnerability.The problem has to do with the way HCP:// links are processed. Normal website links, of course, use HTTP, HCP links are used by the Help and Support Center (helpctr.exe).

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