Say hello to “Recall,” a new addition with Windows 11 Update 24H2 that started rolling out earlier this week—but is it a helpful tool, or are we asking for a privacy nightmare?
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Problems with MS13-036/KB 2823324 Patch – Do not install
***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.
Virtual Administrator’s March 2013 Patch Recommendations
7 Security Bulletins were released – 4 Critical, 3 Important, and 0 Moderate We have not uncovered any widespread problems with any of these patches and are releasing all of them. Noteworthy Patch News MS13-021 addresses flaws found on Internet Explorer versions 6 to 10 for all versions of Windows. This has already been publicly…
Virtual Administrator’s February 2013 Patch Recommendations
12 Security Bulletins were released – 5 Critical, 7 Important, and 0 Moderate Out-of-band updates MS13-008 released on January 14 Virtual Administrator approved the patch as soon as it became available. https://virtualadministrator.com/blog/out-of-band-update-released-on-january-14-ms13-008/ Noteworthy Patch News We have not uncovered any widespread problems with any of these patches and are releasing all of them. This is…
Kaspersky (Kaseya's KAV vendor) does well in 2012 Comparison
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…
Creating, Editing and Assigning Kaseya KAV profiles
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…
Out-of-band update released on January 14 MS13-008
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.
Problems found with KB2756920 causing issues with SharePoint and Exchange 2010
On Monday (1/14) we started seeing reports of problems with KB2756920 (MS13-004 ) affecting 2008 R2 servers, with .NET 3.5.1.
Virtual Administrator’s January 2013 Patch Recommendations
7 Security Bulletins were released – 2 Critical, 5 Important, and 0 Moderate We have not uncovered any widespread problems with any of these patches and are releasing all of them. [UPDATE – 1-17-2013] — Please review Known issues from Microsoft for Patch MS13-004. We experienced this on several of our servers that met…
Keeping Kaseya Anti-Virus (KAV) up-to-date
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)…
Virtual Administrator's December 2012 Patch Recommendations
7 Security Bulletins were released – 5 Critical, 2 Important, and 0 Moderate We have not uncovered any widespread problems with any of these patches and are releasing all of them. Noteworthy Patch News Of the 5 critical patches released MS12-077 should be the top priority. This Internet Explorer flaw affects all versions however it…