Hackers target Microsoft Windows XP support system

[maniac]

Oh dear, yet another exploit - see article below.

BBC News - Hackers target Microsoft Windows XP support system

[tech_guy]

Mainly people in Portugal, Russia and Croatia affected, but hurry up MS and plug the hole before it gets here.

[SYSMAN_MK]

Microsoft blog post about it here

Microsoft advisory here

Work around to to disable the HCP

Create a reg file with the following code and run with your startup scripts.

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\HCP]