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Dixons hits back at McAfee's £30m antivirus sueball: Your AV didn't work on Windows 10S
2019-08-28 09:00

And that's why we flirted with your nemesis Symantec, Brit retailer claims Brit retailer Dixons has lashed back at McAfee's £30m High Court broadside, saying it was entitled to promote rival...

Nearly Half of SMBs, Enterprises Still Using Windows 7: Kaspersky
2019-08-27 13:32

Data collected by Kaspersky shows that many businesses are still using Windows 7, for which Microsoft plans on ending extended support in just a few months from now. read more

Free Windows 7 Extended Security Updates for Some Microsoft Customers
2019-08-27 13:11

Microsoft will be providing some of its customers with one year of free Windows 7 Extended Security Updates (ESU) after January 2020, when extended support for the platform officially ends. read more

Can't bear to part with that well-worn copy of Windows 7? Microsoft might let you keep it updated an extra year
2019-08-27 00:26

EA and ESA subscribers can get 12 free months of updates With Windows 7's official retirement less than five months away, Redmond is offering some business customers a way to squeeze a bit more...

Security gone in 600 seconds: Make-me-admin hole found in Lenovo Windows laptop crapware. Delete it now
2019-08-23 18:14

Solution Centre WONTFIX amid EOL date shenanigans Not only has a vulnerability been found in Lenovo Solution Centre (LSC), but the laptop maker fiddled with end-of-life dates to make it seem less...

Google Finds 20-Year-Old Microsoft Windows Vulnerability
2019-08-21 11:46

There's no indication that this vulnerability was ever used in the wild, but the code it was discovered in -- Microsoft's Text Services Framework -- has been around since Windows XP....

How to configure WMI filters for Group Policy to better manage your Windows clients
2019-08-16 19:25

Using the Windows Management Infrastructure framework, Windows admins can create filters that apply GPOs in creative ways to provide more granularity over system management in Active Directory.

20-Year-Old Bug in Legacy Microsoft Code Plagues All Windows Users
2019-08-14 17:35

A bug in an obscure legacy Windows protocol can lead to serious real-world privilege-escalation attacks.

Windows Users at Risk From High-Severity Intel Software Flaw
2019-08-14 15:00

Overall, Intel stomped out three high-severity vulnerabilities and five medium-severity flaws.

This summer's hottest sequels: BlueKeep II, III, IV and V – the latest wormable RDP holes in Microsoft Windows
2019-08-13 21:51

Plus special guest stars Adobe and SAP in this month's security fixes Patch Tuesday Microsoft, Adobe, and SAP may have just ruined more than a few summer vacation plans, thanks to a massive and...