[German]At the end of 2018, the provider of security solutions, Malwarebytes, has given an outlook on IT security in 2019 and publishes some predictions.
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7-Zip version 18.6 released
[German]A brief information for users of the packing program 7-Zip. Developer Igor Pavlov has updated the Windows version of the program available for various platforms to version 18.06 as of December 30, 2018 (thanks to blog reader Georg S. for the tip).
Beware of mistyped domain name ofice.com/myaccount
[German]At the end of the year a brief security warning to Office users who try to log on to their Microsoft Office account. A small typo, and you're already trapped, because Microsoft has failed to register the domain ofice [dot] com.
FYI: End of Support for Windows 7, SQL-Server 2008 and more
At the end of the year, a brief outlook on various Microsoft products that will be dropped from support in 2019 or January 2020. This leaves a few months to plan the migration to successor products.
Why ISL Online: Critical factors when choosing a remote desktop solution
[Sponsored Post]In the rapidly evolving IT world, choosing the right remote desktop software is critical for organizations that value security, ease of use and reliability. One provider of secure remote access that has been on the market since 2001 is ISL Online, which presents some considerations for choosing such software below. More ...
VLC Player 3.0.5 released
The developers of VideoLan released the VLC Player version 3.0.5 for Linux, macOS and Windows on December 27, 2018. This is a maintenance update which brings some minor changes.
Windows 10: Activated tasks are not executed
[German]On Windows 10 and Windows Server 2016, tasks may stop running after the September updates are installed. Here is some information about this issue.
Private WinTen, a new Windows 10 privacy tool
[German]A short note for those who like to experiment with Windows 10 privacy: There is a tool , named Private WinTen (Private Win10) with which you can control the privacy and firewall settings of Windows 10. Here is some information about this open source tool.
Windows 10: Error 0xc0000142 after Update KB4100347
[German]Windows 10 users recently received the KB4100347 microcode update again. However, some users experience problems afterwards because the error 0xc0000142 is reported. The problem can also occur with other updates.
Windows Server 2019: Bug deletes Temp folder
[German]In Windows Server 2019, administrators might run into unfamiliar issues. In SilentCleanup mode, Disk Cleanup deletes temporary folders referenced in the environment variables %TEMP% or %TMP% .