Windows flaw could spawn DoS attacks

04:55 - Saturday 16 July 2005 by Wolfgang Gruener
Source: Tom's Hardware – Keywords: windows, flaw, could, spawn, dos, attacks Category : Miscellaneous

vulnerability in Windows XP could let an attacker remotely crash computers.

The flaw affects the Windows Remote Desktop Service, which lets users access their Windows PC from a remote location. An attacker could remotely exploit the problem to crash a victim’s PC in what’s known as a denial-of-service attack, according to a posting on the Security Protocols Web site earlier this week.

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