Flaws in tech support tools open PCs to attack
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| Multiple flaws in commonly used technical support tools can open Windows
| PCs to cyberattack, security experts have warned.
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| The SupportSoft ActiveX controls are essentially small applications
| that can be run from Microsoft's Internet Explorer.
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http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6162278.html
Related:
Botnet 'pandemic' threatens to strangle the net
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| Cerf estimated that between 100 million and 150 million of the
| 600 million PCs on the internet are under the control of hackers,
| the BBC reports.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/01/26/botnet_threat/
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