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- Anonymous on Windows: Microsoft's Bing wallpaper app as "adware"?
- EP on Browser trouble II: Nov. 2024 updates for Server 2008/R2 bricks older browsers
- NB on Windows Server 2012 R2 is EOL; ESU license not for on-premises systems?
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Recent Comments
- Anonymous on Windows: Microsoft's Bing wallpaper app as "adware"?
- EP on Browser trouble II: Nov. 2024 updates for Server 2008/R2 bricks older browsers
- NB on Windows Server 2012 R2 is EOL; ESU license not for on-premises systems?
- Crystal on Free vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi 7.x and 8.x) End of General Availability
- Anonymous on Browser trouble I: Edge tries again to import Google Chrome tabs (Nov. 2024)
Tag Archives: Antivirus
Kaspersky Antivirus: Sales and update freeze in the USA; sanctions against Kaspersky management
[German]A heavy blow to antivirus provider Kaspersky. The US government has banned its software in the USA and the product may no longer be sold. And updates may soon no longer be supplied either. In addition, twelve senior Kaspersky employees … Continue reading
Securepoint Antivirus crashes Windows Server systems (March 18, 2024)
[German]I got a report that Securepoint Antivirus crashed Windows terminal server systems. A german blog reader has two virtual machines affected. Later other German administrators confirmed issues with Securepoint Antivirus, and the vendor has withdrawn the latest "update" of his … Continue reading
Important ESET product updates available (Feb. 8, 2024)
[German]Short information for administrators who use ESET Endpoint Antivirus/Security under Windows. The manufacturer has released an important product update for its Windows product line, which should be installed immediately. The update fixes a vulnerability that will not be disclosed in … Continue reading
Avira Security Software breaks Windows 10/11 (Dec. 2023)
[German]Brief information for readers who maintain systems running Avira security software under Windows. A reader has just informed me by e-mail that since last Friday he has been receiving various customers whose Avira security software is paralyzing systems running Windows … Continue reading
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Allegedly malicious notifications from teams through Defender ZAP
[German]I would like to ask the administrators among the readership if anyone else is experiencing the effect mentioned here. An administrator contacted me because he has been getting reports of supposedly corrupt notifications from Teams for days. In use is … Continue reading
Splashtop Streamer v3.5.6.0 generates high CPU and IO load due to antivirus software
A note for users of Splashtop Streamer software (is integrated into management tools like NinjaRMM) who wonder about high CPU and IO load on their machines. The cause could be the antivirus software in use, which wants to scan log … Continue reading
Can antivirus software protect Windows 11 from ransomware? (Jan. 2023)
[German]This is an exciting question that many users are certainly asking themselves: Can current antivirus software actually protect Windows 11 against current ransomware? AV-TEST GmbH wanted to find out and unleashed a series of known ransomware samples on Windows 11 … Continue reading
Trend Micro Apex One: Patch Critical Vulnerabilities (Sept. 2022)
[German]Trend Micro warns of various vulnerabilities, including a remote execution vulnerability (RCE), in its security solution Trend Micro Apex One. This vulnerability in the endpoint security solution is said to be already exploited. However, Trend Micro has released an update … Continue reading
Sophos InterceptX/Endpoint Protection Installer bug fixes (July 31, 2022)
[German]Quick note for administrators running Sophos InterceptX or Endpoint Protection on their Windows clients and servers. There was an installation problem there because a certificate was found to be faulty – caused trouble when reinstalling. Sophos was aware of the … Continue reading
Trend Micro Security Solutions: Roll Back Registry Changes After False Alert (May 2, 2022)
[German]On May 2th/3th 2022, a false positive alert occurred from Trend Micro Apex One as well as Worry Free Business Security (security solutions), which classified the file msedge_200_percent.pak from Edge 101.0.1210.32 under Windows as malware/Trojan. The problem was fixed by … Continue reading