Microsoft is urging Windows Vista and Windows 7 users to disable the Sidebar and Gadget features of the operating systems. Desktop Gadgets, originally introduced in Windows Vista, are mini-apps based on HTML that obtain information from web feeds. Microsoft removed the Sidebar part of its Gadgets implementation in Windows 7, but the software maker is now warning that "insecure" Gadgets could allow attackers to run arbitrary code in the context of the current user.
In a security advisory issued earlier this week, the company has provided an automated fix to disable the Windows Sidebar and Gadgets in supported editions of Windows Vista and Windows 7. Described as a workaround, the firm says its temporary fix will "help block known attack...
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