Chris

***EDIT*** We’ve created a script for removing this patch available here: https://virtualadministrator.com/scripts/uninstall-kb2823324/ Partners, Kaseya, Kaspersky and the industry are reporting problems with recently released patch MS13-036/KB2823324. It is currently recommended to NOT install this patch, and if you have already installed it, UN-install it BEFORE rebooting your computer.

I often read threads how one IT person thinks “X” AV is better, and others swear “Y” is better, but I ran across a non-profit Australian organization called the Institute for Security in Information Technology – AV-Comparatives, who does on-going research and testing into how well different AV products ACTUALLY work. For 2012, I was happy…

By: Jim Bulger 1.       Creating a profile There are two ways to create a new profile. You can create “New” profiles from scratch or you can “Copy” from an existing profile and edit as needed.  Note: The “Sample Server Profile” and “Sample Workstation Profile”  shown below, are templates and cannot be edited by anyone,  but…

Microsoft released an out-of-band patch on Monday.   Out of band patch releases rarely happen and are generally because of a zero-day exploit that needs an immediate fix.

On Monday (1/14) we started seeing reports of problems with KB2756920 (MS13-004 ) affecting 2008 R2 servers, with .NET 3.5.1.

Kaseya’s Kaspersky Anti-Virus (KAV) will not automatically update/upgrade to the latest version.  While virus definitions are updated automatically, the software itself requires manual updating. Verifying that KAV is up-to-date can be a little confusing.  KAV 1.4 was released in October and replaced KAV 1.3.  The older version is identified as “Kaspersky Anti-Virus 2010” (Kaspersky 9)…