[German]In early March 2022, news went around that hackers were using Microsoft Teams to spread malware. The attacks are carried out by attaching .exe files to Teams chats. These .exe files contain a Trojan that is installed on the end user's computer. This Trojan is then used to install malware. How critical is this story though?
[German]Microsoft has stopped all business sales of its products and services in Russia with immediate effect due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. This sales stop affects both hardware, such as Xbox and Surface devices. But it also includes online services such as Microsoft 365 and Xbox Game Pass.
[German]Is Microsoft eyeing the credit card data of its Windows 11 users in order to identify its users more precisely in the future and possibly charge them with additional fees? The information has been circulating on the Internet for hours: Microsoft has introduced a field for entering credit card data in the new Windows 11 Insider Preview build 22567. This is supposed to allow users to pay for apps and be notified about subscriptions or expiring credit card payments.
[German]A blog reader informed me that Corel Software is ending its Corel Upgrade Protection Plan (UPP) for its graphics software so that people will be automatically switched (as of March 8, 2022) to the 365 day subscription version of CorelDRAW. Interested parties will now need a subscription to always use the latest software. This is likely to be expensive. Those who don't want that, and have bought a UPP, need to act now.
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[German]Microsoft has updated the Chromium Edge browser to version Edge 99.0.1150.30 as of March 3, 2022. This is a new development branch that also closes a number of vulnerabilities. Microsoft has sent around an update notice for this via email.
[German]Quick note for users who use VMware products for virtualization. Blog reader Robert G. just emailed me to let me know (thanks for that) that VMware must have released a new build for VMware Tools 12.
[German]It looks like Microsoft Defender under Windows is falsely reporting a Trojan. Affected are probably systems from Dell, where the DellSupportAssistRemediationService is criticized. This is delivered with Dell computers via their SupportAssist. After a blog reader informed me about the issue, I include the available information here in the blog.
[German]On March 1, 2022 (first Tuesday of the month), Microsoft releases non-security updates for still-supported versions of Microsoft Office. This month, however, there are only updates for Microsoft Office 2016. Here is a brief overview.
[German]Google has released updates to Google Chrome 98.0.4758.119 for Windows and Mac in the stable channel on March 1, 2022. There is also a new development branch for Chrome 99.0.4844.51 for desktop systems (Windows, Mac and Linux). The update closes 28 vulnerabilities. The Android browser has been updated to version 99.0.4844.48. Thanks to the reader for the tip. Here is a brief overview.
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