"If this is how every month in 2007 is going to go, anyone using Windows might want to set up a cot next to the computer right now: you may be working overtime, all the time, patching zero-day vulnerabilities.
Last month it was the animated cursor bug in Windows; this month it's a hole in Microsoft's server software line. What do they have in common? Both are critical flaws, both were being exploited by attackers before the bug was acknowledged by Microsoft -- and attacks amped up within days -- and both deserve Computerworld's FAQ treatment.
This FAQ spells out the at-risk population, details the bug and ticks off the stop-gap measures that are -- until Microsoft actually fixes the flaw -- the only defense."
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