Monthly Archives: April 2020

DLL hijacking vulnerabilities in Nirsoft tools

Posted on 2020-04-16 by guenni

[German]The Nirsoft tools are probably known to many Windows users. What is less known: The tools come along with nasty DLL hijacking vulnerabilities and should rather be avoided.

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Patchday Microsoft Office Updates (April 14, 2020)

Posted on 2020-04-16 by guenni

[German]On April 14, 2020 (second Tuesday of the month, Patchday at Microsoft), Microsoft released various security-related updates for still supported Microsoft Office versions and other products.

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Support extension for further Microsoft (Server) products

Posted on 2020-04-15 by guenni

[German]On April 14, 2020, Microsoft announced a support extension beyond the previous end of life date for additional products such as Sharepoint Server 2010, Windows Server 1809, Configuration Manager and Dynamics 365 due to the Corona crisis.

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Patchday: Updates for Windows 7/8.1/Server (April 14, 2020)

Posted on 2020-04-15 by guenni

[German]On April 14, 2020, Microsoft released various (security) updates for Windows 7 SP1 (ESU) and other updates for Windows 8.1 and the corresponding server versions. Here is an overview of these updates.

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Patchday: Windows 10 Updates (April 14, 2020)

Posted on 2020-04-15 by guenni

[German]On April 14, 2020 (second Tuesday of the month, Patchday at Microsoft) several cumulative updates for the supported Windows 10 builds were released. Here are some details about the respective updates.

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Support extension for Windows 10 V1809 until Nov. 2020

Posted on 2020-04-15 by guenni

[German]Microsoft has just announced the support extension for Windows 10 version 1809 until November 2020 for the Home and Pro versions. The reason is the current coronavirus pandemic.

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Microsoft Security Update Summary (April 14, 2020)

Posted on 2020-04-15 by guenni

[German]On April 14, 2020, Microsoft released security updates for Windows clients and servers, for Office, Internet Explorer, etc. Here is a compact overview of these updates.

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Google/Apple Covid 19 API: More answers

Posted on 2020-04-15 by guenni

[German]Google and Apple plans to implement an API for a COVID 19 tracking system in Android and iOS. Now there is some more information about this project.

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Uninstall Office 365 and install Office 2016

Posted on 2020-04-15 by guenni

[German]On Windows systems where Microsoft Office 365 was installed as a trial version, there are often problems to cleanly uninstall this trial version and then install Microsoft Office 2016 (as an MSI version). Here are some hints what you can … Continue reading →

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