Windows users pushed Microsoft to release patch
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Windows users worried about malicious attacks helped prod Microsoft to release a patch for a vulnerability five days earlier than expected.
For more than a week, criminal hackers have been exploiting the flaw in some Windows graphics files, known as Windows Meta File, or WMF.
'While we would always like to have more time, we are confident in the quality of the update,' wrote Mike Nash, corporate vice president for security at Microsoft in the Microsoft Security Response Center Blog.
'While there is no imminent threat, a number of customers are seeing exploit traffic hitting their AV (anti-virus), IDS (intrusion detection system) and IPS (intrusion prevention systems).
Windows users worried about malicious attacks helped prod Microsoft to release a patch for a vulnerability five days earlier than expected.For more than a week, criminal hackers have been exploiting the flaw in some Windows graphics files, known as Windows Meta File, or WMF.
'While we would always like to have more time, we are confident in the quality of the update,' wrote Mike Nash, corporate vice president for security at Microsoft in the Microsoft Security Response Center Blog.
'While there is no imminent threat, a number of customers are seeing exploit traffic hitting their AV (anti-virus), IDS (intrusion detection system) and IPS (intrusion prevention systems).
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