Blog Millions Of Windows 7 Users Remain Despite Support Ending January 4, 2021 by Vertical Axion One year ago, Microsoft officially ended support for the venerable Windows 7 operating system. No new security patches have been issued, which means that anyone running a Windows 7 machine at this point is taking a tremendous security risk. That is especially true if that machine is connected to a corporate network. It would be […] Read more » General Interest Microsoft Recent News Security Technology News Windows
Blog New Malware Targeting Windows And Other Operating Systems January 1, 2021 by Vertical Axion Researchers on the Global Research and Analysis Team (GReAT) at Kaspersky Lab have recently discovered a new malware strain dubbed PyMICROPSIA, currently being used by a group tracked as AridViper. AridViper operates primarily in the Middle East, focusing mainly on Palestine, Egypt, and Turkey. Their malware was designed specifically to attack Windows-based machines. The group […] Read more » General Interest Malware and Virus Protection Security Technology News Windows
Blog Extension Granted For Windows 7 Support For Six Months December 12, 2020 by Vertical Axion Microsoft has had a firm date to end support for Windows 7 on the books for over a year. They’ve insisted repeatedly that there was no flexibility in the date, so Windows 7 users would need to upgrade or risk not being protected by security patches. Then the pandemic hit, and after wrestling with the […] Read more » General Interest Microsoft Recent News Security Technology News Windows
Blog Windows 10 Displays Going Dark Issue Fixed By Microsoft November 24, 2020 by Vertical Axion If you run Windows 10, version 2004, you may have noticed some unusual shenanigans going on where your system’s monitor is concerned. If you’re using a tablet or laptop, with a display that’s built into the machine itself, it may flicker periodically. If you’re using a desktop PC with a standalone monitor external to the […] Read more » General Interest Microsoft Recent News Technology News Windows
Blog For Security, Windows 10 Update Removes Adobe Flash Player November 9, 2020 by Vertical Axion In September of this year, Microsoft announced that they would soon be releasing an optional update designed to remove the Adobe Flash Player from any machine applying the update, and rendering it impossible for Flash to be reinstalled on that device. It’s easy to understand how and why the company reached the decision to do […] Read more » General Interest Microsoft Recent News Security Technology News Windows
Blog New Windows 10 Update Shows App Warnings For Malware October 27, 2020 by Vertical Axion A great many malware strains are designed to engage quietly during a PC’s startup process and then idle in the background. They are in the system logging keystrokes, taking screen shots at periodic intervals and uploading them to a command and control server, or doing other nefarious things. Microsoft wants to limit malware’s ability to […] Read more » Malware and Virus Protection Microsoft New Technology Recent News Security Technology News Windows
Blog Latest Windows 10 Update May Block Third Party Drivers October 26, 2020 by Vertical Axion If you haven’t yet installed the latest Windows 10 or Windows Server update, here’s something to be aware of before you do. You may not be able to update or install some third-party drivers. When you try, you might receive an error message that reads ‘Windows can’t verify the publisher of this driver software.’ In […] Read more » General Interest Microsoft Recent News Technology News Windows
Blog Microsoft Testing User Based Windows Setup For Performance Optimization October 17, 2020 by Vertical Axion What do you primarily use your PC for? It’s a more important question than you might think, because different use cases for your PC require it to be configured in different ways to optimize your user experience. Until now, that’s something that each individual user has attended to, making tweaks as necessary to the core […] Read more » General Interest Microsoft New Technology Recent News Technology News Windows
Blog Update Windows Display Drivers Soon For Security Fix October 13, 2020 by Vertical Axion If you’ve got an NVIDIA graphics card in your PC, and odds are pretty good that you do, be aware that the company recently released a security update. It patches a number of high severity vulnerabilities in the Windows GPU display driver that could allow a hacker to gain complete control over your system via […] Read more » Microsoft Recent News Security Technology News Windows
Blog Solid State Drives Get Health Monitoring In Windows 10 Update October 12, 2020 by Vertical Axion Do you have a solid state drive (SSD) inside your PC? An increasing percentage of newer models are including them, taking advantage of their better speeds, relative to HDDs. Unfortunately, a recent Microsoft Windows 10 update wasn’t very kind to SSD owners, and caused SSDs to defrag much more frequently than is recommended, which had […] Read more » General Interest Microsoft Recent News Technology News Windows
