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    Windows 7 Sandboxie for malware simulating/tracing?

    First I just want to say, I am NOT developing malware. However, what I am trying to do is be able to run any malware/virus, regardless of how deadly it is in a protected environment so I can trace what it does (well, tries to do) to my system. At the same time it would block and log all...
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    Microsoft Security Advisory (2264072): Elevation of Privilege Using Windows Service Isolation Bypass

    Revision Note: V1.0 (August 10, 2010): Advisory published. Summary: Microsoft is aware of the potential for attacks that leverage the Windows Service Isolation feature to gain elevation of privilege. This advisory discusses potential attack scenarios and provides suggested actions that...
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    Windows 7 The Universal Password

    Maximum PC | Future Tense: The Universal Password
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    Windows 7 Services fail to start, no internet or usb

    Hi. I have a Gateway T-6836, updated to Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit a few months ago from Windows Vista Home Premium 64-bit. I've had it for about 2 years, After 1 year a virus killed it, and I reformatted it. Now, a few months ago, unknowingly, my flash drive contracted a virus from my school's...
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    Windows 7 Microsoft Private Cloud Security Overview

    Nick Torkington, Security Architect with Microsoft Services, answers the most common security concerns CxOs and other business decision-makers have when evaluating the Microsoft platform to build a private Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) cloud. This video covers: · Building a secure...
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    Windows 8 Should Virtualize Everything

    Hey all, this is an old article from July, thought it to be some good reading. Full article @ Windows 8 Should Virtualize Everything | Lance Ulanoff | PCMag.com With the OS being totally isolated from any browser activity, there may be no need for AV's and the like. :cool:
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    Windows 7 My netbook ASUS is unable to connect to the inet

    Everything was working fine. Connecting to the inet at home and away. Fat dumb and happy. Last night, some automatic security fixes applied themselves. Suddenly WINDOZE7STARTER is forcing a "select a location for the '3TYNE7328215850 2' network. And, no internet connectivity. My Mac, my...
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    Windows 7 Project Orleans: A Cloud Computing Framework

    Link Removed is a Link Removed project and managed (.NET) software framework for building client + cloud applications. As outlined in the recently released paper on the topic: Orleans defines an actor-like model of isolated grains that communicate through asynchronous messages and manage...
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    Microsoft Security Advisory (2264072): Elevation of Privilege Using Windows Service Isolation Bypass

    Revision Note: V1.0 (August 10, 2010): Advisory published.Summary: Microsoft is aware of the potential for attacks that leverage the Windows Service Isolation feature to gain elevation of privilege. This advisory discusses potential attack scenarios and provides suggested actions that can help...
  10. News

    Microsoft Security Advisory (2264072): Elevation of Privilege Using Windows Service Isolation Bypass

    Revision Note: V1.0 (August 10, 2010): Advisory published.Summary: Microsoft is aware of the potential for attacks that leverage the Windows Service Isolation feature to gain elevation of privilege. This advisory discusses potential attack scenarios and provides suggested actions that can help...
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    Windows 7 VMware Player, The Easiest Way to Run a Virtual Machine

    Source and Download: Link Removed For running XP Mode, see here: Link Removed
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    Microsoft Security Advisory (2264072): Elevation of Privilege Using Windows Service Isolation Bypass

    Revision Note: V1.0 (August 10, 2010): Advisory published.Summary: Microsoft is aware of the potential for attacks that leverage the Windows Service Isolation feature to gain elevation of privilege. This advisory discusses potential attack scenarios and provides suggested actions that can help...
  13. News

    Microsoft Security Advisory (2264072): Elevation of Privilege Using Windows Service Isolation Bypass

    Revision Note: V1.0 (August 10, 2010): Advisory published. Advisory Summary:Microsoft is aware of the potential for attacks that leverage the Windows Service Isolation feature to gain elevation of privilege. This advisory discusses potential attack scenarios and provides suggested actions that...
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    Windows 7 Unexpected shutdown problem

    I am running Windows 7 64 bit with a Dell 755 PC. If the PC is disconnected from broadband, and it is idle for several minutes, when I wake it up from sleep mode, the PC can shut down unexpectedly (then it is rebooted automatically). If the PC is connected to broadband, it does not have any...
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    Windows 7 windows audio device graph isolation eating up cpu

    Seems like this windows audio device graph isolation is eating up my cpu for some reason. I never had a problem with this till i installed Combat Arms. Now every time i run the game windows audio device graph isolation shoots up to about 40-50% cpu usage on both cores. What could be causing...
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    Windows 7 Win Virtual PC as a sandbox?

    I used Sandboxie on XP to run questionable programs that might contain a virus. It is a lot easier than loading VMware etc. to create a sandbox. I bought Windows 7 which has "Windows Virtual PC" as part of it. Will it actually create a sandbox that goes away with a reboot, so any malware...
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    Windows 7 Image files (.TIB) and failure of Security software

    Hi all This to me seems a HUGE HUGE vulnerability in some current AV packages. I've got an ISOLATED machine which I use sometimes for specific AV testing. Anyway I decided to "Infect it" deliberately with some spyware and a key stroke trojan and then take an image of the system with...