Facing mounting pressure for a patch to the Windows Meta File vulnerability, Microsoft is-sued a fix on Jan. 5, five days earlier than ex-pected. Besides calming fears that attackers could use WMF images to execute malicious code on victims' PCs, Microsoft hoped to quell a controversy over the use of unauthorized patches with its software. A piece of code written by Russian programmer Ilfak Guilfanov-and endorsed by some security experts-to protect computers against WMF exploits reached unprecedented popularity for a third-party fix. It also sparked controversy over whether users were better served waiting for Microsoft or trusting an unauthorized patch.
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机译：面对Windows Meta File漏洞补丁的不断增加的压力，Microsoft在1月5日被起诉，比预期的要早五天。除了消除对攻击者可能使用WMF图像在受害者的PC上执行恶意代码的担忧之外，微软还希望平息有关在其软件中使用未经授权的补丁程序的争议。俄罗斯程序员Ilfak Guilfanov编写的一段代码，并得到了一些安全专家的认可，以保护计算机免受WMF攻击，从而获得了前所未有的第三方修复程序。它还引发了关于是否为用户提供更好的服务来等待Microsoft或信任未经授权的补丁程序的争议。
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