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AVAST and Avira confirms April 2019 Update issues
[German]The manufacturers of antivirus products, AVAST and Avira have officially confirmed that their products will cause issues with Windows after installing April 2019 Windows updates.
April 2019 updates freezes Windows 7, 8.1, 10 & Server
[German]Microsofts updates for Windows, released on April 9, 2019, are causing issues in Windows 7, Windows 8.1 and Windows 10, if third party antivirus software from Sophos, AVAST and Avira is installed.
End of Life for Microsoft products (April 9, 2019, July 9, 2019)
On tomorrow's patchday, April 9, 2019, some Microsoft Windows versions will receive security updates for the last time and reach the 'End of Life'. The same is true for some SQL Server products that will be dropped from support in … Continue reading
Operating System/Windows Share (March 2019)
April is already a few days old. Nevertheless, here are the figures for the operating system and Windows distribution on the desktop at the end of March 2019.
Hackers are Loving Windows PowerShell
PowerShell is available as a script environment on all Windows systems and is not only popular with administrators. Attackers also appreciate PowerShell to run malicious scripts in Windows environments.
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 ...
.NET Framework Update KB4489192 (April 2, 2019)
On April 2, 2019, Microsoft released a cumulative security update KB4489192 for .NET Framework 3.5 and 4.7.2 for Windows 10, version 1809, and Windows Server 2019.
Security: Windows-Spoofing via .reg files
[German]Windows users can be spoofed into importing .reg files, as I just verified. You can send manipulated messages to the user via the dialog box shown before a .reg file is imported.
Tell Microsoft your opinion about Windows update experience
The Windows update experience isn't the best for some Windows users. Install errors, pulled updates and many more incidents happens in the past. Now Microsoft is eager to obtain the opinion of Windows users about the update experience.
Dell Encryption fails in Windows after March 2019 updates
[German]After the March 2019 cumulative Windows updates has been installed, the Dell Encryption encryption solution fails on Windows 7 through Windows 10 with error messages such as _UNMNGD. Now Dell has released some information.
Windows: Critical vulnerability in Huawei PCManager
[German]Microsoft has found two serious vulnerabilities in a driver and in PC Manager for Windows, both provided by Chinese company Huawei. These vulnerabilities allow local privileges escalation. Updates are available since in January 2019.