[German]It seems that Microsoft has succeeded in bringing the current Windows 10 Fall Creators update (version 1709) to 3 of 4 Windows 10 machines. This is the result of the latest AdDuplex figures.
[German]Mozilla developers have released version 52.6.0 of the Thunderbird email client. Thunderbird users should update promptly as the client is vulnerable to multiple vulnerabilities.
[German]During the last days, Microsoft has released several updates to fix issues in the. NET Framework (Fixit tool for TypeInitializationException or FileFormatException errors in WPF applications) and in Windows 8.1 (Blue Screens). Here is an overview of what you might want to know. Addendum: I've added the description of the (still undocumented) update KB4056446 (Windows Server 2008). And there is an update KB4056254 for Windows 10.
[German]Google developers released Google Chrome 64 for Android, Linux, macOS and Windows. The new version closes 53 security holes, includes protection against Spectre attacks and comes with an improved ad blocker.
[German]Question: Is the browser you are currently using vulnerable to to websites secretly abusing it for crypto mining? A test can provide more information.
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[German]Today a blog post about a weird thing in Windows, that was unknown to me. The name of a program (.exe) can influence its behavior when it comes to accessing user account control. Windows has a build in heuristics to detect setup programs, that hasn't been written for Windows Vista and beyond.
[German]Currently Microsoft seems to have problems with Xbox games apps under Windows 10. Users cannot log on to the Xbox user account in several apps like Minecraft, Soduku etc.
The next developer event from Google will be the Google I/O 2018. This conference will be held from May 8th to May 10th at the Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, California.
[German]Today, a little hint that might be helpful for administrators in corporate environments. Microsoft has released update KB4011123 for Outlook 2016, which fixes the attachment bug for mail forwarding.
Microsoft has released Insider Preview Build 17083 of Windows 10 for PCs in Fast Ring. In a few weeks it could be approaching the completion of Windows 10 version 1803.
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