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Patchday: Microsoft updates 04/12/2016
Microsoft has released a couple of security and non security updates on April patch day (04/12/2016) for .NET Framework 3.5/4, Internet Explorer 11, Adobe Flash Player and Windows. On my Windows 7...
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Urgent: Remove Apple`s QuickTime Player from Windows
In short: This is an urgent call to action – please uninstall QuickTime for Windows as soon as possible, because there are two serious reasons: First, Apple is deprecating QuickTime for Microsoft...
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Windows 10: Update error 0x800705B4
[German edition]Some users are facing error 0x800705B4 during update install in Windows 10. There isn’t a single reason for this error – so I like to dive into the details. This blog post was inspired...
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Mai 2016 Compatibility Update for Windows 7/8.1 (KB3150513)
Microsoft released at May 4, 2016 a new (optional) Compatibility Update for Windows (KB3150513). A well know update, bit with a few “new” surprises (in my view) … Update KB3150513 has been offered on...
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Zero-Day-Exploit (May 2016) in Windows?
[German]Currently an offer for a Windows Zero-Day-Exploit is floating within a Russian underground forum. The exploit claims to use a local privilege escalation (LPE) vulnerability to attack fully...
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RAA: Ransomware + Trojan, and a Cure
Security experts from Bleeping Computer has found a new Malware, named RAA, that is using JScript. The Malware behaves as Ransomware and encrypt user files – but there is also a 2nd payload, a Trojan,...
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Microsoft Windows and Office ISO download tool
End users of OEM systems are facing a problem: How to obtain a valid setup media to re-install a bloat ware free Windows or set up Microsoft Office. Whilst IT professionals probably have access to...
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Sophos Home: A free commercial-grade security for the home
Security vendor Sophos offers a free commercial-grade security solution (Sophos Home) for home users. Protecting several Windows systems and Macs within a household, can be a challenging and expensive...
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Security flaw in Symantec’s AV products sets you at risk
Bad news for all computer users (Windows and Mac OS) working with Symantec’s Anti Virus-/security solutions. Tavis Ormandy from Google’s project zero has uncovered a vulnerability that affects all...
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How to decode Windows errors?
[German]In case of error Windows reports a cryptic error code instead of a detailed error description. Within this blog post I will try to give a few hints to decode this Windows error codes. If...
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Microsoft Update-Summary: Windows and Office (July 5, 2016)
Microsoft has released several non-security updates for Windows 7/8.1 and Office 2007 – 2016 at July 5, 2016. Here is a short summary. Optional Windows-Updates There are 4 optional updates issued for...
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Microsoft explains the KB3159398 GPO problem
Microsoft’s update KB3159398, released on patch day June 14, 2016, is causing serious problems in Windows Group Policy. Now Microsoft explains what’s happened. I’ve addressed this issue in blog post...
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Check and repair Windows system files and component store
Users of Windows are facing the situation from time to time, that certain features no longer work. The Windows Store is missing or there are updates problems and so on. Then the question arises, “how...
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Ransom ware: #Satana, greetings from hell …
[German]A new day, a new ransom ware for computer users. Kaspersky has found a ransom ware called Satana, which is a Russian name for “Satan”. The nice gift from hell encrypts your document files and...
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Microsoft Patchday: Updates July 2016
Microsoft has released several critical and non-critical updates for Windows, Flash, Browser, Office an Net at patch day (July 12, 2016). A list of all July 2016 updates may be found here at this...
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Tool test: MiniTool Partition Wizard Free
Mini Tool Partition Wizard Free is a partition manager for Windows to manage and change disk partitions (MBR and GPT) in Windows. I’ve tested this tool and wrote down a few impressions. Sometimes users...
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Bugs in Windows Disk Management tool
For partitioning of MBR and GPT disks, Windows provides a Disk Management tool and the command line tool diskpart. While the Disk Management tool is easy to handle, it comes with a few bugs, that can...
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Windows-Update KB3161102 axes Windows Journal
Microsoft released optional update KB3161102 for Windows 7 SP1 and Windows 8.1 on July 28, 2016 “to remove Windows Journal” in supported Windows versions. I’ve been notified by a German blog reader,...
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Microsoft July 2016 Security Release ISO Image
Microsoft offers all security updates for Windows released on Windows Update on July 12, 2016 as an ISO image for DVD5. File Windows-KB913086-201607.iso has 836.2 MB in size. Date is 7/14/2016....
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Windows SMB-Sharing bug takes your user account at risk
Hackers has discovered a security flaw in all current Windows versions that reached back to Windows 95. This bug can leak your Windows account credentials to web sites. A white paper SMB : Sharing more...
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