Issue is not high risk: Microsoft
According to various sources, Microsoft, in a statement, has downplayed the threat and believes that the users are unlikely to face any impact due to the level of complication in the process.

Microsoft spokesman, Jerry Bryant said, "Given the level of required user interaction, this issue is not one we consider high risk in the way a remote code execution would possibly be to users."

Microsoft and Federal law enforcement agents, last week in a raid, shut down the largest Email spam supplier network in the world, ‘Rustock’.

Microsoft’s Digital Crimes Unit along with the US marshals raided seven hosting facilities in the country and seized the command and control machines which run the whole network.

These machines instruct the infected computers to send spam messages like phony lottery scams and fake and potentially dangerous prescription drugs.

This operation was called "Operation b107."

Rustock faced several coordinated raids, which were triggered by Microsoft’s request to disclose the lawsuit filed by the company.

Rustock has infected millions of computers with its malicious code. The main purpose of this botnet was to add on to the spam sending network, for spreading the infection.

Richard Boscovich, senior attorney in the Microsoft Digital Crimes Unit blogged, "This botnet is estimated to have approximately a million infected computers operating under its control and has been known to be capable of sending billions of spam mails every day.”