Windows 10/ 11: Possible daylight saving time changeover issues [in Chile and worldwide]

Posted on 2022-09-07 by guenni

Windows[German]Windows users in Chile could have problems with the daylight saving time changeover in September 2022. At least for Windows 10/11, Microsoft already warns the user community that "strange" behavior could occur. This becomes a problem in international networks, where computers are connected to systems in Chile, or when meetings from and with Chile are scheduled from abroad. The background is that Chile has shifted the date for the daylight saving time change from September 4 to September 10, 2022.

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PowerToys 0.62 released

Posted on 2022-09-07 by guenni

Windows[German]Microsoft has released version 0.62 of its free PowerToys for Windows 10 and Windows 11 on September 6, 2022. I haven't reported about these tools and the weekly water levels here in the blog for a while, especially since the software often came along with bugs and then caused problems. With version 0.62 three new tools (Screen Ruler, Quick Accent and Text Extractor) were released.

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Microsoft Office Updates with fix for Excel bug (September 6, 2022)

Posted on 2022-09-07 by guenni

[German]As of September 6, 2022 (first Tuesday of the month), Microsoft has released non-security updates for versions of Microsoft Office that are still supported. This month, there are updates for Microsoft Office 2013 and 2016, fixing an Excel issue that has been nagging for weeks. Here's a brief overview.

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Google announces Pixel event to be held on October 6, 2022

Posted on 2022-09-07 by guenni

[German]Google has posted an invitation for October 6, 2022. New smartphones and a smartwatch are shown in an animation. It is assumed that a Pixel 7 and a Pixel Watch will be unveiled.

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Thunderbird 102er: The problem bear

Posted on 2022-09-07 by guenni

[German]Today a short article about to the e-mail client Thunderbird, which was presented a few weeks ago in the version 102 branch. Normally you switch to the current version – but I'm still on the previous 91 version. The reason: Since the release of the new Thunderbird version, many users have massive issues caused by bugs in this branch of the email client.

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

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Lexmark: Firmware update to fix Windows bug and vulnerability CVE-2022-29850 in mid-Sept. 2022

Posted on 2022-09-07 by guenni

Sicherheit (Pexels, allgemeine Nutzung)[German]Printer manufacturer Lexmark warned of a vulnerability in more than a hundred of its printer models as early as June 2022. Attackers who have already gained access to the firmware of the printers can then infiltrate there via a vulnerability. However, the whole thing only became public at the end of August 2022 through an entry in the CVE database. The manufacturer wants to provide a corresponding firmware update by mid-September 2022. Furthermore, I have the information that the USB communication problem of Lexmark printers should also be fixed with this firmware update. This occurred after the July 2022 patch Tuesday and causes Lexmark printers to output only unintelligible characters.

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Firefox 104.0.2 released

Posted on 2022-09-06 by guenni

Mozilla[German]Mozilla developers have released versions 104.0.2 of the Firefox browser on September 6, 2022. This is maintenance update, which is supposed to fix bugs. Thanks to the reader for pointing it out.

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Irish data protection authority imposes €405 million GDPR fine on Instagram

Posted on 2022-09-06 by guenni

[German]It's happened again – the Irish Data Protection Authority (DPC) has issued a fine of 405 million euros against Meta subsidiary Instagram. It's about data breaches due to the platform's violation of the privacy of children between the ages of 13 and 17. 

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QNAP security updates against DeadBolt ransomware (Sept. 5, 2022)

Posted on 2022-09-06 by guenni

Sicherheit (Pexels, allgemeine Nutzung)[German]The vendor of NAS units, the Taiwanese manufacturer QNAP, has released a security update for its products on September 5, 2022. The update is supposed to protect against a new ransomware campaign by the DeadBolt group. The group has probably been targeting QNAP NAS devices with Photo Station in particular since September 3, 2022, as long as they are accessible via the Internet.

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Microsoft fixes Windows false positive Behaviour:Win32/Hive.ZY alarm

Posted on 2022-09-05 by guenni

Windows[German]Yesterday, Sunday (Sept. 4, 2022), Windows users were very excited when Microsoft Defender reported a Behaviour:Win32/Hive.ZY detection. The whole thing was a false alarm after Microsoft had armed the signatures for this malware via update, because Chromium browsers, Electron framework apps and other applications were found to be infected. Now Microsoft has fixed this issue with the signature update.

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