A brief note for people who use unpackers like WinRAR and depend on the ACE format or can't fix the discovered vulnerability (CVE-2018-20250) in UNACEV2.DLL. There is a micro-patch available to fix the vulnerability.
[German]Another brief information for users of the free packing program 7-Zip. The developer Igor Pavlov has updated the Windows version of the program available for various platforms to version 19.00 as of February 21, 2019.
Just a short note for Windows users and administrators. Mark Russinovich released the tools SYSMON v9.0 and AUTORUNS v13.94 from the Sysinternals suite on February 19, 2019.
Microsoft has released a firmware update for its Microsoft Surface Go (the Wi-Fi model). The updates are released on February 19, 2019. The Surface Go Update-Historie has just been updated.
Microsoft released the cumulative update KB4491101 for Windows 10 V1507 on February 21, 2019. This is the RTM version of Windows 10, and the update for the LTSC version is available for download. I have added the details to the article Windows 10 Updates (Feb. 19/21, 2019).
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[German]A decade-old code execution vulnerability in a UNACEV2.DLL library file used by WinRAR, among other programs, threatens millions of users who use software that uses this component under Windows. Action is called for.
Microsoft has released Update KB4482887 for Windows 10 Version 1809 in Release Preview ring. Update KB4482887 raises the OS build to 17763.346, further details are unknown.
[German]A brief information for CCleaner users (I know that some of my blog readers are interested in that stuff). Piriform released an update to CCleaner v5.53.7034 for Windows on February 19, 2019.
Google made a big mistake: The Google Nest Secure alarm system contains a microphone that was never mentioned within the specs or within Googles product sites.
On February 19, and 20, 2019, Microsoft has released several (informational) Security Update Releases that deal with changes in CVE descriptions, etc. Here is the corresponding raw text for your information.
MVP:
2013 – 2016
WIMVP:
2017 – 2020
