Windows 10?

[DTravel]

Originally Posted by catweasel28

Security firm Symantec has discovered that at least eight apps in the official Microsoft Store were secretly designed to use a computer's resources without permission. It totally undermines Microsoft's efforts to promote the store as a "safe source of software."

Given Microsoft's history, anyone can do that with a plastic spoon.

[buttsie]

Originally Posted by catweasel28

Security firm Symantec has discovered that at least eight apps in the official Microsoft Store were secretly designed to use a computer's resources without permission. It totally undermines Microsoft's efforts to promote the store as a "safe source of software."


https://www.infopackets.com/news/105...pps-hijack-pcs

No store online is 100% and never will be

The question is how quickly do they find the dodgy ones?

This one in the google play store was found within days by Eset
Presumably it got past googles checks

A malicious app that was using the name of a real one

First CryptoCurrency Clipboard Hijacker Found on Google Play Store 11/Feb/2019

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/new...le-play-store/


Your only protection against this is waiting awhile before you download any new app
regardless of popularity (apples best have occasionally turned out to be data miners)

Use a general script blocker or anti-bit coin mining.

Imagebam is mining bitcoin 2017-
http://vintage-erotica-forum.com/sho...it+coin+mining

[cicciobuki]

Anyone else having trouble since the latest Windows 10 update?

For me i've had Explorer not responding a few times (now and then combined with firefox not responding as well). One time i had to force a restart. Also after restarting (also a normal restart) it won't show the login bar anymore (just an unresponsive wallpaper - you know, the kind that changes every few days)

I wonder if i should restore to an earlier point, but if it updates again won't the issue just be back as well? These days i get a cold chill whenever Windows wants to update something...


Edit: when i try to get the task manager it will also take like half a minute or so until it responds

[buttsie]

Avira confirms that this month’s Win7 and Win10 version 1809 patches slow down PCs running their AV products

Why does my system run very slow?
We could reproduce the described behavior.
This is occurring because of a current Windows Update.

11th / 4 /2019
https://www.askwoody.com/2019/avira-...r-av-products/

Reports of this month’s Win10 version 1809 cumulative update, KB 4493509, causing extreme slowdowns

11th / 4 /2019
https://www.askwoody.com/2019/report...eme-slowdowns/

[cicciobuki]

Originally Posted by buttsie

Avira confirms that this month’s Win7 and Win10 version 1809 patches slow down PCs running their AV products

Why does my system run very slow?
We could reproduce the described behavior.
This is occurring because of a current Windows Update.

11th / 4 /2019
https://www.askwoody.com/2019/avira-...r-av-products/

Reports of this month’s Win10 version 1809 cumulative update, KB 4493509, causing extreme slowdowns

11th / 4 /2019
https://www.askwoody.com/2019/report...eme-slowdowns/

Thanks for the info.


The weird thing is that there is no KB 4493509 in the update history! And i'm not to keen on restarting right away to find out if there is a difference (am doing a complete backup of my files before i wanna do that)

[pigulici]

I uninstalled last 2 updates from M$ and used Windows Update Blocker v1.1 to disable updates, I have Avira and the pc started to work very slow...

[buttsie]

Originally Posted by cicciobuki

Thanks for the info.


The weird thing is that there is no KB 4493509 in the update history! And i'm not to keen on restarting right away to find out if there is a difference (am doing a complete backup of my files before i wanna do that)

The issue appears to be anti-virus related
- I've read at least 4 have issues with various versions of windows & kbs
avast , avira , sophos , ArcaBit
- it would seem paying customers (commercial & personal) and not free are affected the most

- so any KB update for April could be the culprit - remove and see what happens

MS-DEFCON 1: There’s no reason to stick your finger in the pencil sharpener
– DON’T UPDATE

We have confirmed reports of six bad patches this month – Monthly Rollups and Security-only patches for Win7, 8.1, Server 2008 R2, 2012, 2012 R2 – and troubling reports of a slowdown with the Win10 version 1809 cumulative update.

12th 4 2019
https://www.askwoody.com/2019/ms-def...r-dont-update/

[cicciobuki]

Originally Posted by buttsie

The issue appears to be anti-virus related
- I've read at least 4 have issues with various versions of windows & kbs
avast , avira , sophos , ArcaBit

It's all a bit weird.
While looking for KB's i accidentally activated KB4493509 which apparantly hadn't been installed yet, even though i had those symptoms :P
Meanwhile an antivirus update also happened (maybe that helped, not sure).

Not a fun Windows update by the way, the kind that changes a lot of personal settings (pushing oneDrive in the systray being the most annoying one). Nothing harmful but it makes you have to put everything back the way you had it.

After all that happened i still had the same login problem, which now seems fixed (i think it was by disabling fast startup)

So far everything works

[cicciobuki]

Originally Posted by buttsie

- so any KB update for April could be the culprit - remove and see what happens

the KB4493509 update did make 2 other (cumulative) updates disappear (both april 9 or 10). So possibly those were the problematic ones?

[cicciobuki]

Explorer not responding and slow taskbar problems have returned.