From the monthly archives:

September 2010

Windows 7 RSAT final build available for download

September 30, 2010

The Remote Server Administration Tools (RSAT) for Windows 7 RTM have been released to microsoft.com. These include the Hyper-V tools for remote management of Windows Server 2008 R2 and Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 R2. You can download them from http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=7d2f6ad7-656b-4313-a005-4e344e43997d&displaylang=en – remember to download the right architecture (x86 or x64) as necessary. Once you install [...]

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Stuxnet, malicious .LNKs, …and then there was Sality

September 30, 2010

Today, Microsoft announced plans to release of an out-of-band update to address CVE-2010-2568 (described in Microsoft Knowledge Base Article (2286198)).  As mentioned earlier this month, the Microsoft Malware Protection Center (MMPC), along with other Microsoft Active Protection Program partners, have been keeping a close watch on the use of .LNK files exploiting this vulnerability. As [...]

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Block spoofed messages where From and To adresses are same

September 30, 2010

Hello, Especially these days (late 2010), your company may be receiving many spoof messages where the From adress and To adress of the e-mail are same and ending with @yourdomain.com. And sometimes Brightmail will not be able to stop those messages. This article will cover how to permanently block those messages in Brightmail 9.0 (it [...]

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Virtual Machine Servicing Tool (VMST) 3.0 – Now Available!

September 30, 2010

Hey everyone, we wanted to update you on a recent beta announcement.  We are pleased today to announce the release of Virtual Machine Servicing Tool 3.0 for download.  VMST 3.0 helps you reduce IT costs by making it easier to update offline virtual machine libraries, templates and virtual hard disks with the latest operating system [...]

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Tap That App: Get your files anywhere (video)

September 30, 2010

SugarSync, Dropbox, and Box.net all have several things in common. They’re freemium cloud-syncing services that let you upload files to download again elsewhere; they all have free apps for BlackBerry, iPhone, and Android smartphones; and they’re all featured in this week’s episode of Tap That App. Check out our video to see how one of [...]

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Tripping Over “Step-Over”

September 30, 2010

“Step-over” is a common feature of debuggers.  It allows us to avoid stepping into a subroutine, which is especially useful if the subroutine is thousands of lines long, or an operating sytsemsystem API, etc.  It also allows the user to (for some debuggers) step out of a loop or skip a repeated string instruction.  So [...]

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Microsoft Adds New Features to Hotmail

September 30, 2010

Leave to Microsoft to feel that it is being left out of the social-networking market. I mean, after all so what if they hold 90% of the OS PC market. So, Microsoft is taking advantage of its webmail user base to go after the social-networking market. Microsoft, announced several updates to the free Hotmail service; they have added tie-ins to Facebook and LinkedIn. These are [...]

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SQL Server 2008 SP2 is available for download today!

September 30, 2010

Microsoft is pleased to announce the availability of SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 2. Both the Service Pack and Feature Pack updates are now ready for download on the Microsoft Download Center.  Service Pack 2 for SQL Server 2008 includes new compatibility features with SQL Server 2008 R2, product improvements based on requests from the [...]

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Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 and the Microsoft iSCSI Software Target 3.3 are available on MSDN/TechNet – here’s how to install them

September 29, 2010

You probably heard that Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 has been Released To Manufacturing (RTM) last week. That means that the OEMs will soon deliver a new generation of Windows-based NAS appliances with a file server (SMB2, NFS) and an iSCSI Target (using the Microsoft iSCSI Software Target  3.3). What you might have missed is [...]

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One Year of Microsoft Security Essentials

September 29, 2010

It’s been a busy year for Microsoft Security Essentials. As we observed right after the first week of release, Microsoft Security Essentials had already detected threats on over half a million computers. As Microsoft Security Essentials enters into its second year with over 31 million installations, 27 million of those computers have reported infections to [...]

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