Category Archives: Windows

Dell EMC SupportAssist Enterprise security alert

[German]Dell EMC SupportAssist Enterprise 1.1 has an undocumented default account vulnerability (Windows OS Management Station version only, Linux versions of SupportAssist Enterprise v1.1 and upgrade to v1.2 are not affected by this issue). Here are a few more details.

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Windows and Browser Statistics February 2018

[German]At the beginning of February 2018, it's time to take a quick look at the market share of desktop operating systems and see how things has changed with Windows. And I will take also a look at the browser market … Continue reading

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How to disable Adobe Flash Player in Windows 8, 8.1, 10

[German]Adobe Flash Player is a permanent security risk, because once a month, several vulnerabilities are detected and many of them are exploited. So it's helpful to know, how to disable or uninstall Adobe Flash Player.

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Windows 10 V1709: Updates KB4058258, KB4074608, KB4077735, KB4078128 and KB4057790

[German]Microsoft released the cumulative update KB4058258 for Windows 10 Fall Creators Update on January 31, 2018. The stability update KB4074608 has also been released. And there are other updates ( KB4077735, KB4078128 and KB4057790). Here are some information about these updates.

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Update your Lenovo ThinkPad Fingerprint Manager

The Fingerprint Manager Pro software shipped with Lenovo's ThinkPad system has several vulnerabilities. So updating to the latest version is strongly recommended.

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Why ISL Online: Critical factors when choosing a remote desktop solution

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Firefox 58.0.1: Update for Windows

[German]Mozilla developers have released version 58.0.1 of the Firefox browser for Windows. The relevant maintenance update was released on January 29, 2018. Here are a few details about this update.

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Windows-Update KB4078130 deactivates Spectre 2-Patch

[German]Microsoft has released on January 27, 2018 Update KB4078130 (Update to Disable Mitigation against Spectre, Variant 2) for Windows 7 Service Pack 1, Windows 8.1 and Windows 10. I've added details within my blog post Updates KB4074906 (.NET), KB4077561 (Windows … Continue reading

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Malwarebytes Anti Malware 3 (MBAM) high memory usage

[German]Just a short information for people who are using Malwarebytes Anti Malware 3 (MBAM). Currently the software seems has a massive memory leak problem, that eating all free memory on a machine. Addendum: There is a fix available – see … Continue reading

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Update KB4056446 for Windows Server 2008

[German]FYI: On January 17, 2018, Microsoft released update KB4056446 for Windows Server 2008, but has not yet published a KB article. I have added some information to the blog post Updates KB4074906 (.NET), KB4077561 (Windows 8.1), and KB4056446 (Windows Server … Continue reading

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AdDuplex: Windows 10 V1709 on 75% of all Win10 systems

[German]It seems that Microsoft has succeeded in bringing the current Windows 10 Fall Creators update (version 1709) to 3 of 4 Windows 10 machines. This is the result of the latest AdDuplex figures.

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