SAN FRANCISCO – A flaw in Microsoft Corp’s almost universally used Windows operating system could allow hackers to take control of a PC by luring users to a malicious Web site and coaxing them into clicking on a link, the company warned on May 11.
The world’s largest software maker issued the warning as part of its monthly security bulletin, along with a patch to fix the problem.
The security warning was rated ‘important’, the second most serious on Microsoft’s four-tiered rating scale for computer security threats. The highest is “critical. ”
Anti-virus software company Symantec Corp. called the vulnerability a “high risk” due to the impact the flaw could have if successfully exploited.
Source: Business Recorder
Date:5/13/2004
