Older Windows OSes At Risk Of F1 Key Vulnerability

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02 March, 2010

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Now that's something quite surprising given the fact that it requires the user to interact with their keyboard and press a little used key. I for once can't even remember the last time I used the F1 key. Expect Microsoft to come up with something soon. It has yet to announce anything for its regular patch Tuesday.

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