Monthly Archives: October 2018


PoC exploit to deploy Malware using Youtube and Microsoft Office.

Cleaver hackers always finding a loop hole. There is a new PoC exploit utilizing Microsoft Words embedded video feature and YouTube thumbnail videos. The hackers go about placing a HTML script behind the image of the video. When the user clicks the video the HTML code is executed by Internet Explorer. Presto you have been injected with malware or ransomware. Be careful about those shady incoming email’s with attachments and especially those that end in .xml prefix.

 

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Windows Tutorials

How to Resolve Windows Updates Not Installing

Having trouble with Windows updates not installing? Discover effective solutions to fix update installation issues and keep your system up to date.

Windows updates are crucial for maintaining the security and functionality of your computer system. They provide bug fixes, performance improvements, and the latest features from Microsoft. However, at times, you may encounter issues where Windows updates fail to install properly. In this article, we will explore common reasons behind this problem and provide effective solutions to resolve it.

1. Introduction

Windows updates play a vital role in keeping your operating system secure and up to date. They ensure that your computer is equipped with the latest security patches, bug fixes, and improvements from Microsoft. However, it can be frustrating when you encounter issues where Windows updates fail to install.

In this comprehensive guide, we will discuss various troubleshooting steps and methods to resolve the issue of Windows updates … Read the rest

Windows Tutorials

How To Fix Windows 10 File Explorer Crashing

Fix Windows 10 File Explorer crashes: Clear Quick Access history by navigating to File Explorer options, selecting Privacy, and clicking Clear.

There is a Windows 10 feature in File Explorer called “Quick Access”. This feature allows you easy access files and folders you frequently use, either it be locally or on the network and OneDrive.

Quick Access can make your workflow faster by making it so you don’t have to navigate to a file’s or folder’s that are buried deep in a directories file system. However, on occasion you may want to delete the Quick Access history to help maintain some privacy or quicker access or just resolve the explorer crashing issue

Clearing Windows 10 Quick Access History

  1. Click Start or Cortana’s search field and type: file explorer options and hit Enter or click the option at the top of the search results.

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Resolving Failed VSS Writer Issues

Look for messages in your Windows Event logs.

When VSS fails you will always get a corresponding message in your Windows event log.

  1. Right click on ‘My computer’
  2. Select ‘Manage’
  3. Expand the ‘Event Viewer’ node
  4. Look in the ‘Application’ message node for error messages relating to ‘VSS’, ‘Shadow Copy’ or ‘VolSnap’.
  5. If you find any messages then these with give you an ‘Event ID’ and sometimes a ‘Result Code’ or ‘hr’. These two pieces of information can generally pin point the cause of your VSS failure. Try Googling the Event ID(s) and Result Code(s) for more information if the steps below do not resolve the issue.

Make sure that the VSS service isn’t disabled

Changing the startup type of the VSS service and rebooting can often resolve issues.

  1. Right click on ‘My Computer’.
  2. Select ‘Manage’.
  3. Select the ‘Services’ tree node.
  4. Right click on ‘Volume Shadow Copy’
  5. Select Properties
  6. Change the
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