Category: Microsoft
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Time to block Windows Automatic Update — with a new twist for Win10 Pro | Computerworld
If you’ve ever had issues with Windows updates — haven’t we all — this is the article for you. It tells you how to delay the updates until Microsoft gets the bugs out. After all, they’re not paying you to test their software. With their last earnings, they can afford to hire and pay employees…
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Microsoft Will End Final Free Windows 10 Upgrade Program On December 31 – ExtremeTech
If you’ve been procrastinating taking the plunge to windows 10, now’s the time to do it… Should you need a Windows 10 upgrade after the December 31st cutoff, you’ll probably have to pay for it. A license for the Home edition starts at about $75 for a system builder OEM copy that is tied to…
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MS Office Built-in Feature Allows Malware Execution Without Macros Enabled
This exploit uses the users’ common sense against themselves. Security researchers at Cisco’s Talos threat research group have discovered one such attack campaign spreading malware-equipped Microsoft Word documents that perform code execution on the targeted device without requiring Macros enabled or memory corruption. This Macro-less code execution in MSWord technique, described in detail on Monday by a…
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WannaCry Ransomware Decryption Tool Released; Unlock Files Without Paying Ransom
If you were infected by WannaCry, they have released a decryption tool to unlock your files without paying the ransom. If your PC has been infected by WannaCry – the ransomware that wreaked havoc across the world last Friday – you might be lucky to get your locked files back without paying the ransom of…
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Microsoft Issues Emergency Patch For Critical RCE in Windows Malware Scanner
Make sure you get this Microsoft update asap. Microsoft’s own antivirus software made Windows 7, 8.1, RT and 10 computers, as well as Windows Server 2016 more vulnerable. Microsoft has just released an out-of-band security update to patch the crazy bad bug discovered by a pair of Google Project Zero researchers over the weekend. Security…
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How to Make Windows Troubleshoot Your PC’s Problems for You
Why not let Windows do all the heavy lifting when you have a problem? Windows includes a variety of “troubleshooters” designed to quickly diagnose and automatically solve various computer problems. Troubleshooters can’t fix everything, but they’re a great place to start if you encounter a problem with your computer. Troubleshooters are built into the Control Panel…
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Source Code for CIA’s Tool to Track Whistleblowers Leaked by Wikileaks
Yet one more reason why Microsoft should be worried about their market share… “It generates a random watermark for each document, inserts that watermark into the document, saves all such processed documents in an output directory, and creates a log file which identifies the watermarks inserted into each document,” Scribbles’ user guide manual reads. Scribbles Only…
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How to Open Office Files Without Being Hacked
Here are some good safety tips for opening Word documents, especially since Microsoft seems to be so slow at patching known exploits. The easiest and most foolproof (so far) method is to open your documents in an online service: either Office online or Google Docs. This way the desktop exploits can’t be utilized. Microsoft Office…
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Beware of an Unpatched Microsoft Word 0-Day Flaw being Exploited in the Wild
As a general rule, you should never open a file from anyone that you aren’t expecting. If your best friend or family member sends you a file you didn’t ask for, email them and make sure they sent it. This exploit bypasses the disabled macro settings and is very devious. According to researchers, this zero-day…
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Microsoft Finally Reveals What Data Windows 10 Collects From Your PC
Microsoft has always collected data for diagnostics, but it’s never really said what data it actually collects: … now for the first time, Microsoft has revealed what data Windows 10 is collecting from your computer with the release of the Windows 10 Creators Update, bringing an end to nearly two years of its mysterious data…