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Source: ZDNet.co.cuk - Posted by Benjamin D. Thomas
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Ilfak Guilfanov's personal Web site has been taken offline by his hosting provider after hordes of Microsoft users scrambled to download his unofficial patch against the Windows Metafile vulnerability.
According to antivirus firm F-Secure, demand for the unauthorised Windows Meta File (WMF) patch developed by Guilfanov was so high his hosting provider temporarily shut his Web site on Wednesday morning.
The site was temporarily closed as "half the planet tried to download WMFFIX_HEXBLOG.EXE." reported F-Secure in its blog. "The resulting traffic amounts were so huge that his hosting provider actually shut his site down."
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