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HP Notebooks: Keylogger in Conexant’s audio driver
[German]It's a nasty surprise, what Thorsten Schröder, from Swiss modzero AG, discovered in Conexant's audio drivers shipped with some HP notebooks. The driver is logging all key strokes and writes it into a public log file – a security night … Continue reading
Posted in devices, Security, Windows
Tagged audio driver, Conexant, HP, key logger, Security, Windows
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Microsoft fixes critical Malware Protection Engine vulnerability
[German]Microsoft has acted quickly to a critical vulnerability in Windows, reported yesterday (see Windows has a critical wormable vulnerability). This night a security advisory has been released, patches will be available.
Windows has a critical wormable vulnerability
[German]It's a bit cryptic, what Google security experts Natalie Silvanovich and Tavis Ormandy from project Zero just revealed. They claim, they has discovered the 'worst Windows remote code exec in recent memory'. Update: Microsoft issued a fix for this vulnerability … Continue reading
Office 365 apps comes to Windows Store
Microsoft has announced on it's #MicrosoftEDU event, that it has finished its Microsoft Office 365 apps and will bring it 'soon' to the Windows Store. This will allow Windows 10 S devices to install Office 365 apps (as full desktop … Continue reading
Windows Update error 0x80073712
Sometimes Windows Update throws error 0x80073712 and the update install fails. Here are a few hints what to to and why this error occurs.
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 ...
Windows screen get turned sideways–how to fix it?
Sometimes users get puzzled, because their Windows screen on a notebook get turned sideways. Why is that and how can this be fixed?
Security risk OEM bloatware Portrait Display (PdiService.exe)
[German]A from OEM's (HP, PHILIPS, FUJITSU) on Windows notebooks preinstalled application bears a huge security risk. A vulnerability allows a local authenticated (non-privileged) attacker to run arbitrary code with SYSTEM privileges. Millions of devices are affected by this bloatware.
Posted in Security, Windows
Tagged Notebooks, OEM, PdiService.exe, Portrait Display, SDK, Security, Windows
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Windows compatibility update KB3150513
Microsoft has released (04/21/2017) a revised version of compatibility update KB3150513 for supported Windows platforms (clients and servers). Here are a few details.
Kaspersky remover may triggers VSS error 0x81000203
Just a short note – the tool KAVREMOVER, provided from Kaspersky to clean up an antivirus install, may cause side effects. It seems that some users of Windows 10 (V1607) are receiving error 0x81000203 after executing this tool – so … Continue reading
Posted in issue, Windows
Tagged Errorr 0x81000203, issue, Kaspersky, system restore, Windows
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Advanced MicroDevices, Inc. driver update for AMD SMBUS
[German]Microsoft has released an update 'Advanced MicroDevices, Inc. driver update for AMD SMBUS', dated 03/31/2017, via Windows Update for all Windows systems with AMD CPU. Here are some details about this driver update package.