April 16, 2008 1:45 PM PDT
Symantec warns of attempts to target Windows hole
Symantec is warning Windows users to install a critical patch or risk losing control of their computers.
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"It's our belief that the vulnerability is being successfully targeted," he said on Wednesday. "We're seeing continued exploitation of it" in the wild.
As a result of the activity, Symantec raised the threat level for the vulnerability from level 1, the lowest, to level 2, a medium-level threat. The highest is level 4.
In the attempted exploits, a malicious image hosted by at least three different Web sites targets the GDI stack overflow vulnerability, according to Symantec.
Elinor Mills covers Internet security and privacy. She joined CNET News in 2005 after working as a foreign correspondent for Reuters in Portugal and writing for The Industry Standard, the IDG News Service, and the Associated Press. E-mail Elinor. 
