PC World reports that Microsoft is offering a workaround for a recently unveiled and exploited Windows XP flaw

Since Google engineer Tavis Ormandy released details of the zero-day flaw last month, cyber criminals have dramatically ramped up online attacks that target the bug. Microsoft revealed it has now logged more than 10,000 attacks.

"At first, we only saw legitimate researchers testing innocuous proof-of-concepts. Then, early on June 15, the first real public exploits emerged," Microsoft said in a blog posting.

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