Category Archives: Update

Patch RCE vulnerability CVE-2020-0618 on your Microsoft SQL-Server!

Posted on 2020-02-19 by guenni

[German]Another urgent request to Microsoft SQL server administrators to patch the vulnerability CVE-2020-0618. An exploit has been discovered that allows remote code execution (RCE).

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Firefox 73.0.1 with 0patch- and G-DATA fix

Posted on 2020-02-19 by guenni

[German]Mozilla's developers have just released (February 18, 2020) version 73.0 .1 of the Firefox browser. This is a maintenance update for the browser that fixes the conflict with 0patch agents.

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.NET Core 3.1 Updates (February 18, 2020)

Posted on 2020-02-19 by guenni

[German]Microsoft has released the .NET Core 3.1 updates for February 2020 for download (thanks to Ismail for the hint). Here are some notes about these updates.

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Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 19564.1005 (KB4541091)

Posted on 2020-02-17 by guenni

[German]Little addendum from the weekend. Microsoft has added an update KB4541091 for Windows 10 for Windows Insider. This raises the build to 19564.1005.

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Tor Browser 9.0.5

Posted on 2020-02-17 by guenni

Short addendum from last week. The Tor developers have already released Tor Browser 9.0.5 on 11 February 2020. This is a maintenance update that fixes some issues.

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Windows 8.1: Update KB4537821 kills also user profiles

Posted on 2020-02-16 by guenni

[German]Update KB4537821 for Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2, released February 11, 2020, causes some users to load a temporary user profile after installation.

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Windows Update KB4502496 pulled

Posted on 2020-02-16 by guenni

[German]A brief information for administrators of Windows Server 2012/R2 and users of Windows 8.1, Windows RT 8.1 and Windows 10 Microsoft has also withdrawn the security update KB4502496.

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Windows 10 Version 1809 reaches End of Life soon

Posted on 2020-02-16 by guenni

[German]Well, it's only February 2020 – but Microsoft is already reminding people that support with updates for Windows 10 version 1809 will expire soon. Here are a few details about Windows 10 version 1809 end of life.

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Exchange Server 2013 Mail issues after Feb. 2020 Update

Posted on 2020-02-15 by guenni

[German]A German blog reader contacted me yesterday and mentioned a serious issue he had with an Exchange Server 2013 after installing the latest February 2020 updates. After update installation Mails were accepted, but no longer sorted into the users' mailboxes. … Continue reading →

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Security Update for Symantec Endpoint Protection

Posted on 2020-02-14 by guenni

[German]If someone is using Symantec Endpoint Protection on their Windows clients, the antivirus solution should be updated quickly. This is because older versions have critical security vulnerabilities.

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