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Category Archives: Software
Vulnerability in NVIDIA GeForce Experience App closed
[German]Vendor NVIDIA has closed a chess hole (DDOS or Privilege Escalation) in its NVIDIA GeForce Experience app with an update.
Exchange 2016/2019 quarterly Updates
Microsoft released the quarterly update for Exchange 2016 and Exchange 2019 a few days ago. These updates include fixes for issues reported by customers and all previously released security updates. Setup now requires .NET Framework 4.8. Microsoft released details on … Continue reading
Firefox Addons from AVG/AVAST back in store
[German]The antivirus addons from AVG and AVAST, which has been removed from Mozilla addon store early this months are back now. It seems that the vendor has resolved the issues with Mozilla.
Adobe Reader DC 19.021.20061 Hotfix Update
[German]A brief message for users of Adobe Reader DC under macOS and Windows. Adobe has provided a hotfix update that raises the Reader DC to version 19.021.20061. The update addresses some bugs in the product and is available for macOS … Continue reading
Thunderbird 68.3.1, support Upgrade from 60.x
[German]The developers of the e-mail client Thunderbird have now released version 68.3.1. This is a maintenance update for the 68 main version of the e-mail client, which allows an update from version 60.x.
Why ISL Online: Critical factors when choosing a remote desktop solution
[Sponsored Post]In the rapidly evolving IT world, choosing the right remote desktop software is critical for organizations that value security, ease of use and reliability. One provider of secure remote access that has been on the market since 2001 is ISL Online, which presents some considerations for choosing such software below. More ...
Sysinternals tools modules updated (12/2019)
[German]The Sysinternals tools are a small collection of helpful tools for Windows, which Microsoft employee Mark Russinovich offers for free and updates from time to time. In December, individual modules from this collection were updated.
AdwCleaner 8.0.1 closes a DLL Hijacking vulnerability
[German]On December 17/18 2019 the tool AdwCleaner 8.0.1 was released by Malwarebytes. This update fixes a DLL hijacking vulnerability I reported to the developers.
WordPress 5.3.2 relased
[German]The developers have released the night (December 18, 2019) WordPress 5.3.2. This is a maintenance update which fixes five issues in version 5.3.1 of WordPress. Details about the fixes can be found in the release notes. I was able to … Continue reading
Microsoft Security Essentials (MSE) for Windows 7 receive definition updates after January 14, 2020
[German]Microsoft made an U turn. If you run Windows 7 SP1 after January 14, 2020 and use the Microsoft Security Essentials as antivirus software, you will still receive signature updates (against the previous announcement).
Skype for Business down? (Dec. 16, 2019)
[German]Currently there seems to be a problem with the Microsoft telephony service Skype for Business. The login doesn't seem to work, so that no phone calls can be made via Skype.