Category Archives: Software

VLC Player 3.0.5 released

Posted on 2018-12-30 by guenni

The developers of VideoLan released the VLC Player version 3.0.5 for Linux, macOS and Windows on December 27, 2018. This is a maintenance update which brings some minor changes.

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Outlook 2013: Update KB4011029 (12/20/2018)

Posted on 2018-12-21 by guenni

[German]Microsoft surprisingly released update KB4011029 for Outlook 2013 on December 20, 2018. It is a maintenance update which corrects a bug in mail delivery rules.

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VirtualBox 6.0 released

Posted on 2018-12-20 by guenni

[German]The developers of Virtualbox released version 6.0 on December 18, 2018. It is a major release which provides new features in the virtualization solution.

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Internet Explorer Security Update KB4483187 (12/19/2018)

Posted on 2018-12-19 by guenni

[German]Effective December 19, 2018, Microsoft released a KB4483187 cumulative security update for Internet Explorer. Here is some information about this update.

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Windows 10 V1607: Update KB4467684 kills Outlook search in Terminal Server

Posted on 2018-12-17 by guenni

[German]End of November 2018 Microsoft released the update KB4467684 for Windows 10 V1607. Since then, there are more and more reports that this update killed the search in Outlook via Terminal Server.

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RDS CredSSP error after uninstalling December 2018 updates

Posted on 2018-12-15 by guenni

The CredSSP error has been addressed in May 2018 with some updates (see for instance kb4103723). Now I received a comment from a German user, claiming, that uninstalling December 2018 updates is causing issues with Remote Desktop Server connection. An … Continue reading →

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Vulnerability in Logitech Options; an update is required

Posted on 2018-12-15 by guenni

[German]If you use the software 'Logitech Options' in Windows, you should update to version 7.00.564. The reason: older versions have a serious security vulnerability. 

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Chrome 71.0.3578.98 released

Posted on 2018-12-13 by guenni

As of December 12, 2018, the developers have released the Google Chrome browser version 71.0.3578.98. This update corrects a vulnerability in the PDF module of the browser.

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Tor Browser 8.0.4

Posted on 2018-12-13 by guenni

[German]On December 12, 2018, the developers released Tor Browser 8.0.4. This is a maintenance update that updates Firefox 60.4.0esr and various other components. 

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Adobe Reader: Security update 19.010.20064 (12/11/2018)

Posted on 2018-12-13 by guenni

Adobe released a security update for Adobe Reader and Adobe Acrobat on December 11, 2018. This fixes critical vulnerabilities in the programs.

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