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Severity Rating: Important Revision Note: V1.0 (March 13, 2012): Bulletin published. Summary: This security update resolves a privately reported vulnerability in Microsoft Windows. The vulnerability could allow denial of service if a remote unauthenticated attacker sends a specially crafted DNS query to the target DNS server. Continue reading...

Severity Rating: Critical Revision Note: V1.1 (March 13, 2012): Added a link to Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 2509553 under Known Issues in the Executive Summary. Summary: This security update resolves a privately reported vulnerability in Windows DNS resolution. The vulnerability could allow remote code execution if an attacker gained access to the network and then created a custom program to send specially crafted LLMNR broadcast queries to the target systems. Firewall best practices and standard default firewall configurations can help protect networks from attacks that originate outside the enterprise perimeter. Best practices recommend that systems that are conn…

Severity Rating: Important Revision Note: V2.0 (March 13, 2012): Revised bulletin to announce a detection change that removes MS10-029 as the replaced bulletin for all supported editions of Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008. For more information, see the related entry in the update FAQ. Summary: This security update resolves two privately reported vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows. The more severe of these vulnerabilities could allow elevation of privilege due to an error in the processing of a specific input buffer. An attacker who is able to log on to the target system could exploit this vulnerability and run arbitrary code with system-level privileges. The att…

Off the Sharepoint Website, under calendar we have selected "Connect to Client" to allow the sharepoint calendar to be accessable from our Outlook 2010. We now receive the error message: The idenity of this web site or the integrity of this connection cannot be verified. There is a green check next to The security certificate is from a trusted certifying authority. There is a green check next to The security certificate date is valid There is a yellow triangle with an exclaimation point next to The name on the security certificate is invalid or does not match the name of the site If we press yes to proceed, it works fine. How do we set this up so we do not receive …

Severity Rating: Important Revision Note: V1.0 (March 13, 2012): Bulletin published. Summary: This security update resolves one privately reported vulnerability in Microsoft Expression Design. The vulnerability could allow remote code execution if a user opens a legitimate file (such as an .xpr or .DESIGN file) that is located in the same network directory as a specially crafted dynamic link library (DLL) file. Then, while opening the legitimate file, Microsoft Expression Design could attempt to load the DLL file and execute any code it contained. For an attack to be successful, a user must visit an untrusted remote file system location or WebDAV share and open a legiti…

Severity Rating: Important Revision Note: V1.0 (March 13, 2012): Bulletin published. Summary: This security update resolves one privately reported vulnerability in Visual Studio. The vulnerability could allow elevation of privilege if an attacker places a specially crafted add-in in the path used by Visual Studio and convinces a user with higher privileges to start Visual Studio. An attacker must have valid logon credentials and be able to log on locally to exploit this vulnerability. The vulnerability could not be exploited remotely or by anonymous users. Continue reading...

Severity Rating: Critical Revision Note: V1.0 (March 13, 2012): Bulletin published. Summary: This security update resolves two privately reported vulnerabilities in the Remote Desktop Protocol. The more severe of these vulnerabilities could allow remote code execution if an attacker sends a sequence of specially crafted RDP packets to an affected system. By default, the Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) is not enabled on any Windows operating system. Systems that do not have RDP enabled are not at risk. Continue reading...

Severity Rating: Moderate Revision Note: V1.0 (March 13, 2012): Bulletin published. Summary: This security update resolves a publicly disclosed vulnerability in Windows DirectWrite. In an Instant Messenger-based attack scenario, the vulnerability could allow denial of service if an attacker sends a specially crafted sequence of Unicode characters directly to an Instant Messenger client. The target application could become unresponsive when DirectWrite renders the specially crafted sequence of Unicode characters. Continue reading...

Severity Rating: Important Revision Note: V1.0 (March 13, 2012): Bulletin published. Summary: This security update resolves a privately reported vulnerability in Microsoft Windows. The vulnerability could allow elevation of privilege if an attacker logs on to a system and runs a specially crafted application. An attacker must have valid logon credentials and be able to log on locally to exploit this vulnerability. Continue reading...

have an issue with office 2010 activiation in that it keeps popping up stating it's not activated after the activation key has been succesfully entered on new win7 workstations. This is volume licensing. Am thinking this could be from the fact that the shrink wrapped oem version of office was first on the workstation and not uninstalled before the volume version was installed. Is this possible? if so, is there a way i can uninstall the oem version silently and remotely without having to go to the workstation. Continue reading...

Hola tengo problemas para actualizar mi antivirus, me dice que no es compatible, pero no me deja desinstalarlo tampoco y no hay forma de desactivar windows update,¿cómo solucionarlo? Continue reading...

I have windows 7 64 bit service pack 1, and MSE version not beta, it has picked up 4 items, one is Exploit:JS/ Blacole.AR another is Exploit:Java/CVE-2010-0840.PC and then 3rd one is Exploit:Java/CVE-2010-3544.gen!A the last one let me delete it in the quarentine, but now these will not show up again to finish deleting them. The only thing different I did after I removed the first one(this is the first time MSE has ever caught anything on my comp) was I went to history and read the definitions page on the Blacole.AR and tried to sumbit a report on it, as it did not give much info on it. Can anyone help me, as I don't want my computer to get viruses or malware to get emb…

I don't use my computor every day, & when I haven't turned it on for 2-4 days, I always get a question mark on my Update line. I have to manually UPDATE each time, because it doesn't do it automatically. Some one told me that was due to the security ststem I'm running (MSE). I'd ATT, that came with system, but, when the free Kaspersky trial ran out, my husband couldn't seem to get the old system to run. That's why we're running MSE. BY the way, is MSE always FREE? Any how, if any one can help with my questions, I'ld be very GREATFUL!!! Also, our introductory ATT price is about to run out. From $14.95 - $35.00---- TOO much! If anyone has a program they use & like …

I HAVE A VIRUS that has broken links to desktop and start menu icons. When I tried to restore the last date I was optioned was to the very date the virus appeared. This automatic restore point is an issue with 7. 7 was preloaded without a backup disk on my laptop at point of purchase and is a legit copy. My biggest problem is that every time I open a link on my desktop every icon both on desktop and startup menu takes on that prgamme so when I try to start another I get a flag program does not open because it was linked to last etc. It is a real pain in the butt. i used to have Windows vista but 7 has been great so far can anyone give me a solution for this. I have tried…

Hi I currently switched over to Windows 7 64bit. I'm trying to install a software program but i keep getting "component richtx32.ocx or one of it's dependencies not correctly registered: a file is missing or invalid" Any help would be greatly appreciated thanks Continue reading...

i recieved a phone call to buy team viewer , when i would not accept my computerscreen was wiped clean .i feel this was harrassment. Continue reading...

I am purching a new computer with windows 7. How can I transfer my security essentials from my old computerusing vista to my new computer? Thank you Bill Continue reading...

I have several hundred Windows XP machines in my environment, and so far have heard from one user that their time did not update for DST this past weekend. After hours of Googling and dead ends, I've given up and decided to post here. We are in the USA Central Time zone. I have done research before posting...... Windows updates are all up to date on the machine The time zone is set correctly on the machine Our domain controllers are all on the correct time and time zone Any other suggestions would be greatly appreciated, thanks. Curtis Continue reading...

I have HP Jornada 540 and HP Pavilion with Windows 7. Win 7 won't let me download ActiveSync and Windows Mobile Center doesn't recognize the Jornada. I continue to get the Code 10 error and have tried all the suggestions in this thread. Are there alternatives? Continue reading...

By Paul Thurrott While Windows Phone is still struggling with some third party app support issues, there’s evidence that this simply won’t be an issue for Windows 8. And that means that the doomsayers for this OS are, as always, out of touch with reality. Continue reading...

By Paul Thurrott Just two weeks after Yahoo! revealed that it had threatened Facebook with legal action over its alleged misuse of 10 patents, the ailing online firm pulled the trigger: This week, Yahoo! sued Facebook for patent infringement. Continue reading...

Microsoft officials have posted a detailed analysis of what led to a widespread leap-year-day outage of its Azure public cloud service. Continue reading...

I have HP Jornada 540 and HP Pavilion with Windows 7. Win 7 won't let me download ActiveSync and Windows Mobile Center doesn't recognize the Jornada. I continue to get the Code 10 error and have tried all the suggestions in this thread. Are there alternatives? Continue reading...