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A hacker group released code designed to exploit a widespread Windows flaw, paving the way for a major worm attack as soon as this weekend, warned security researchers. The warning came Friday, after hackers from the Chinese X Focus security group forwarded source code to several public security lists. The code is for a program designed to allow an intruder to enter Windows computers.

THE X FOCUS PROGRAM takes advantage of a hole in the Microsoft operating system that lets attackers break in remotely. The flaw has been characterized by some security experts as the most widespread ever found in Windows.

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