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Windows Firewall Can Be Disabled

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Posted 31 October 2006 - 12:52 PM

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Hackers have published code that could let an attacker disable the Windows Firewall on certain Windows XP machines.

The code, which was posted on the Internet early Oct, 29, could be used to disable the Windows Firewall on a fully patched Windows XP PC that was running Windows' Internet Connection Service (ICS)...
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