Announcements
Disable force update of Microsoft Search in Bing and Office 365ProPlus
Hello everyone, A recent update from Microsoft has announced that starting with Version 2002 of Office 365 ProPlus, an extension for Microsoft Search in Bing will be installed that makes Bing the default search engine for the Google Chrome web browser on devices whose IP address are present in the following locations. Australia Canada France Germany India United Kingdom United States This extension will be installed with new installations of Office 365 ProPlus or when existing installations of
Pre-Installed Keeper Password Manager on Windows 10 exposes systems to passwords stealing
Problem: There's a good reason why security analysts get nervous about bundled third-party software: it can introduce vulnerabilities that the companies can't control. Google researcher Tavis Ormandy discovered that a Windows 10 image came bundled with a third-party password manager, Keeper, which came with a glaring browser plugin flaw -- a malicious website could steal passwords. Solution: It is recommended to disable Content Delivery Manager (for PreInstalledApps enabled) using Desktop Central's
Find out if your Intel system is vulnerable to Intel SA-00086 vulnerability.
Beware! This Thanksgiving, Intel decided to talk turkey about a string of vulnerabilities, Intel SA-00086, that external researchers discovered in their chips. Intel released the Intel SA-00086 detection tool that runs on Windows and Linux systems. But what they don’t provide is a solution to automate the detection for multiple computers. As a system admin it is necessary to run the detection on 1000s of machines in your enterprise network. This can be done in a fraction of seconds with Desktop