VirtualBox 6.0.8 released

Posted on 2019-05-16 by guenni

Virtualbox[German]Oracle's developers have released Virtualbox version 6.0.8 on May 13, 2019. It is a maintenance update to fix bugs of earlier versions.

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Add-on ‘Disabled Add-on fix’ fixes deactivated extensions in Firefox 47-56

Posted on 2019-05-16 by guenni

Mozilla[German]In older versions of the Firefox browser, add-ons could no longer be activated. The Mozilla developers have released an add-on for the Firefox browser to fix the problem that older add-ons are disabled in the browser.

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Patchday: Updates for Windows 7/8.1/Server (May 14, 2019)

Posted on 2019-05-15 by guenni

Windows Update[German]On May 14, 2019, Microsoft released several (security) updates for Windows 7 SP1 and further updates for Windows 8.1 as well as the corresponding server versions. Here is an overview of these updates.

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Critical update for Windows XP up to Windows 7 (May 2019)

Posted on 2019-05-15 by guenni

[German]On May 14, 2019, Microsoft released an urgend security update for older Windows versions up to Windows 7 that closes a critical vulnerability CVE-2019-0708 in Remote Desktop Services. The vulnerability is considered to be so critical that Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 as well as Windows Vista will also receive the update. Systems with Windows 8 or higher are not affected.

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WhatsApp vulnerability CVE-2019-3568; Update required

Posted on 2019-05-14 by guenni

[German]The Messenger app WhatsApp has a critical vulnerability affecting both Android and iOS. The vulnerability is already being exploited (there is an exploit from an Israeli company selling it). Users should urgently update WhatsApp.

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Windows 10 V1809: Crashes during using ZIP archives?

Posted on 2019-05-14 by guenni

[German]In this blog post I would like to discuss a possible issue with unpacking ZIP files under Windows 10 V1809. The Explorer may hang during unpacking the archive.

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SharePoint Vulnerability CVE-2019-0604 exploited in the wild

Posted on 2019-05-13 by guenni

[German]A brief note to administrators of SharePoint servers. A vulnerability CVE-2019-0604 is now being exploited 'in the wild' to attack unpatched SharePoint systems. Microsoft has released security updates in February 2019.

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Windows 10 on 825 Million devices, market share and more

Posted on 2019-05-13 by guenni

[German]Exciting question: On how many devices does Windows 10 actually run now? And what is the operating system share on desktops? I came across several information during the last days that I would like to present here.

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Windows 7 upgrade to Windows 10 with SCCM fails on OEM machines

Posted on 2019-05-12 by guenni

[German]System administrators who tries to upgrade Windows 7 machines to Windows 10 via SCCM need to be careful. Upgrading OEM machines fails because SetupComplete.cmd cannot run.

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WSUS: Additional download urls for sync

Posted on 2019-05-11 by guenni

[German]A brief note 'from the past' for administrators of a WSUS (Windows Server Update Service). Microsoft has extended the URL to download updates for WSUS.

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