FBI Urges Windows XP Users to Disable Features

[BigDadday]

The are recommending that computer users running Windows XP should disable the ``Universal Plug and Play'' feature, right away. This feature is installed on all XP machines and must be manually shut off.
This flaw allows for hackers to use these computers for denial of service attacks and several other uses.
Source: dailynews.yahoo.com

 

[s4]

I think there is a patch for Win Me and 9x based Windows too. I downloaded a Me patch not long ago if it's the same bug. I posted a link to this story on my website yesterday: http://www.multimania.com/atechguy/

The original news story link is: http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20011224/wr/tech_microsoftxp_security_dc_1.html

 

[Nihilistic]

HMm, i just installed xp >=(

 

[fury]

oOoOo, the government wants us to do something

I guess we'll just have to do it then huh?

 

[Acid]

The FBI would have to be hacking us to know that

 

[fury]

To know what?