Tag Archives: Windows

Microsoft analysis: 0-day vulnerabilities the biggest risk

Posted on 2019-02-12 by guenni

[German]The biggest risks for computer systems are 0-day vulnerabilities, and not deferred updates. And 0-day vulnerabilities are targeted by cyber criminals. That's the result of a Microsoft security analysis.

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TrendMicro WFBS 10 Patch 1516 available

Posted on 2019-02-04 by guenni

A brief note to people who are using TrendMicro Worry-Free Business Security (WFBS) 10 in their (enterprise) environment. A new patch was released on January 29, 2019.

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Desktop Operating System/Windows share (Jan. 2019)

Posted on 2019-02-03 by guenni

The figures for desktop operating system and Windows distribution at the end of January 2019 show: Windows 10 has overtaken Windows 7 in the 'market share' of Windows desktop systems.

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Windows Update Service globally disturbed? (01/31/2019)

Posted on 2019-01-31 by guenni

[German]Currently it seems, that Microsoft's Update Services are globally disturbed. Users around the world are reporting, that Windows Update can't reach Microsoft's update servers. I've a Windows 10 test machine, where I confirmed this issue.

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Using Sysinternals Sysmon 8.0.0? Update to 8.0.4

Posted on 2019-01-24 by guenni

[German]A quick tip for admins who use Sysmon from the Sysinternals system monitoring tools. There is a memory leak in version 8.0.0, which has been fixed in the updated version 8.0.4.

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Why ISL Online: Critical factors when choosing a remote desktop solution

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Windows: Security change affecting PowerShell

Posted on 2019-01-15 by guenni

A short note for people who using PowerShell. On January 8, 2019, Microsoft also closed a vulnerability in PowerShell with security updates. This affects the loopback behavior of the PowerShell. 

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January 2019 patchday issues

Posted on 2019-01-14 by guenni

[German]The updates Microsoft released on January 8, 2019, are causing major issues with Windows and other applications. Here's a summary of what I've seen over the last few days.

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Microsoft confirms Access 97 MDB bug in Jet Database Engine caused by Windows January 2019 Updates

Posted on 2019-01-12 by guenni

[German]Microsoft has confirmed the database error when accessing Access 97 .mdb databases via the Jet Database Engine. The problem is caused by the January 8, 2019 security updates in all supported versions of Windows.

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Windows January 2019 Updates breaks access to Access DBs

Posted on 2019-01-11 by guenni

[German]A brief warning for users are using Windows application accessing MS Access 97 databases. Windows security updates from January 8, 2019, breaks access to MS Access 97 databases (affects all Windows versions). An "unknown database format" error occurs. Here are … Continue reading →

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Microsoft Security Update Summary (January 8, 2019)

Posted on 2019-01-09 by guenni

[German]As of January 8, 2019, Microsoft released several security updates for Windows clients and servers, Office, etc. Below is a compact overview of these updates and some notes.

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