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| Thu, July 31 2003 | 8:41PM | PermaLink |
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US Government experts say they have received reports that hackers are looking for ways to take advantage of a critical flaw in Microsoft's Windows.
"An internet-wide increase in scanning for vulnerable computers over the past several days reinforces the urgency for updating affected systems," said the US Department of Homeland Security.
It warned that the flaw in Windows could soon be used by a computer virus to disrupt traffic on the net and potentially affect millions of machines worldwide.
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