Windows 7 Build 7127 Is Live
Windows 7 RC's public availability might have slowed Microsoft down a tad when it comes to the development process of the next iteration of Windows 7, but the Redmond company has rapidly gained back any lost momentum.
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13.5.2009 Windows 7 Build 7127 Download
Although not many of us have just started exploring Windows 7 Release Candidate, another build has already leaked. The leaked build is 7127 and the complete build string is: 7127.0.090507.1820,
Build 7127 is part of the RTM branch. As Microsoft stated, they are in the process of RTM.
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16.5.2009 Windows 7 7127 Language Packs Download
How to download and Install Windows 7 Language Packs (MUI Packs).
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24.5.2009 Windows 7 Build 7127 RTM Screenshot Gallery
Following the availability of Windows 7 Beta Build 7000, Microsoft revealed that subsequent builds belonged to the Release Candidate branch. This was made obvious with releases such as 7022, 7048, 7057 and 7077, culminating with 7100 on May 5th 2009, the fully fledged RC.
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16.5.2009 Windows 7 RC1 Build 7048 is Fake may be 7041 or 7046
Last time we talked about Windows 7 RC1 build 7048 which was rumored to be released a group of Beta Tester. Win7info a dedicated Windows 7 blog reveals that the actual build was 7041 not 7048. According to Geeksmack : ”
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1.3.2009 Fake Windows patch e-mail leads to Trojan horse attack
Messages insisting that users install a just-released Microsoft Corp. security update are bogus and actually lead to a site that plants malicious code on PCs, several security companies warned today.
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28.6.2007 Microsoft investigating fake WinLogon patch
Microsoft is investigating an e-mail that appears to be a security warning from the software heavyweight which patches a vulnerability in the "WinLogon Service".
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29.5.2006 Firefox, IE vulnerable to fake login pages?
Mozilla's Firefox 2 and Microsoft's Internet Explorer 7 are vulnerable to a flaw that could allow attackers to steal passwords.
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23.11.2006 Probably Fake IE8 alpha screenshots appear on the Internet
IE8 is set to be released in mid-2008, so we can fully expect IE9 to ship with Windows 7 (formerly known as Windows Vienna).
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5.7.2007 Beware: Fake Microsoft patch malware
“We received some questions from customers about an e-mail that’s circulating that claims to be a security e-mail from Microsoft.
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15.10.2008 Incoming - Real and fake Win7 patches
Microsoft has made available a patch to a Windows 7 bug in the Release Candidate (RC) and is preparing to roll out some “fake” test patches to verify Windows 7’s automatic-updating abilities this week.
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13.5.2009 Microsoft Deletes Fake Xbox Live Accounts
Following on from the recent launch of the video marketplace for the Xbox 360, many users who suffer from regional download barriers, simply created fake accounts from outside America.
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29.11.2006 Fake Google Email Attempts to Steal Your Money
We all know that Google, the Mountain View super search giant, communicates with its users by phone or by email every time users have to be informed about important matters.
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23.3.2008 Leaked Google Chrome OS Private Beta Screenshots Are Fake
Just a day after Google confirmed that it was cooking its own breed of open source operating system, the first screenshots allegedly depicting Google Chrome Operating System got leaked.
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9.7.2009 Windows 7 Migration Tool to Move From Windows XP to Windows 7
In past we had covered guide on upgrading from Windows XP to Windows 7. Unfortunately there is no direct upgrade path from Windows Xp to Windows 7 and you have to use Windows Easy Transfer utility if you want to move your user and program files from XP to Windows 7.
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22.11.2009 Vista SP1, and then Windows 7, Windows 8 and Non-Windows Midori
2008 saw the release of Windows Vista Service Pack 1, Windows XP Service Pack 3 and Windows Server 2008, but Microsoft's journey on the Windows path is far from over.
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5.8.2008 Windows 7 RC Brings Windows XP Mode Beta and Windows Virtual PC Beta
The Release Candidate of Windows 7 will bring with it the first Beta development milestones for Windows XP Mode and Windows Virtual PC.
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29.4.2009 Windows Reactivator 2.0 - Backup & Restore Activation Status of Windows XP with Windows Reactivator
Every time you reinstall your windows XP you need to reactivate it online using your product key & worst if you lost your Windows XP product key.
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3.6.2009 Windows Vista SP1 vs. Windows Vista RTM vs. Windows XP SP2
Feb 26th, 2008. Principled Technologies has released two Microsoft commissioned reports on Windows Vista SP1 performance. In these tests, Principled Technologies measured responsiveness of Windows Vista SP1 vs. Windows Vista RTM vs. Windows XP SP2 when performing a set of common business and home tasks.
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28.2.2008 Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 9 – 1 Billion and Counting
Is Windows dead? Or, at least, is this the beginning of the end for Microsoft's proprietary operating system?
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15.9.2008 Week in Microsoft: Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 9
This week in Microsoft, we covered 128-bit support possibly coming to Windows 8 and Windows 9, Windows 7, Windows Mobile 6.5, Bill Gates, Office 2010 Starter, Microsoft MVP status, Windows Live Hotmail, the EU, and Microsoft Security Essentials.
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10.10.2009 Windows Vista Build 5231 and Windows Media Player 11 Leaks!
Windows Vista Build 5231 has leaked to the web. The new build is said to include Windows Media Player 11 included. View the screenshots below! This is a Main branch build that was released on September 12th, 2005 at 8:20PM.
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Windows Vista SP1 and Windows XP SP3: Official Release Dates
A French website, PC Inpact, has posted the official Microsoft product change request forms for Vista SP1 and Windows XP SP3.
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6.2.2008 Download Free Windows Vista and Windows XP SP2 Straight from Microsoft
Via the Internet Explorer Application Compatibility VPC Image. That's right! Microsoft is offering access to free downloads of Windows Vista and Windows XP SP2.
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6.3.2008 Windows Vista SP1 outperforms Windows XP SP2 in file copy
"Its interesting that people seem to think that Vista under performs in every area of the system which is quite an incorrect perception.
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27.5.2008 Windows Fiji Has RTMd as Windows Media Center TV Pack 2008
Microsoft officially confirmed that Windows Fiji has been released to manufacturing.
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18.7.2008 Windows 7 Beta Doesn't Play Nice with Windows Azure Cloud OS Tools
The promise for Windows 7 is that it will deliver an evolution when it will come down to stretching into the Cloud compared to its precursor, Windows Vista.
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16.1.2009 Internet Explorer 8 MUI packs for Windows XP, Windows Server 03
As detailed in our previous blog post, the following Internet Explorer MUI packs shipped today.
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17.5.2009 Windows Home Server Power Pack 3 Beta adds Windows 7 support
Microsoft announced the release of Windows Home Server Power Pack 3 Beta, along with news that it will feature Windows 7 support.
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20.7.2009 Check for RAM Error or Defect in Windows 7 and Vista with Windows Memory Diagnostic
Memory or RAM is one of the most important electronic hardware component on a computer systems, not only in term of speed or clock frequency and size, but also the reliability of hardware ecosystem of the RAM sticks or memory modules and its subsystem.
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1.10.2009Windows 7 build 7127 leaked
Redmond is still running low on Joe the plumbers as another Windows 7 leak surfaces today. This time around it's the second RTM branch build to
leak, 7127. Approximately a month after 7106 leaked. The build string is 7127.0.090507-1820 meaning it was compiled just over a week ago so it's
still fresh off the blocks. Microsoft is progressing steadily with the RTM branch and company insiders have indicated the software giant is well on
target to finalise the RTM build over the summer. Our guess? Late June or early July. Microsoft is expected to announce general availability of
Windows 7 for before the Christmas period, cashing in on holiday PC purchasers.
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15.05.2009"Windows 7 Video" Is Fake
Robert McLaws: A couple different websites around the net have been reporting over the past few days on
a new video making the rounds on YouTube, purporting to be a video demo of
Windows "7". While it is pretty high quality, very elaborate, and shows off some pretty interesting stuff, multiple sources inside Microsoft have
told me it's a fake. One source told me that security on Windows 7 is extremely tight for various reasons, and that we shouldn't expect to see
anything for quite a while yet.
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15.05.2008Windows 7 build 7137 leaked
Barely two weeks after build 7127 leaked we have another fresh leak of Windows 7, build 7137. This time around the build tag is 7137.0.090521-1745
meaning this build is only a week old. As ever the build is available at the usual places but it might be worth waiting until RTM as a lot of Windows
7 torrents have been hit by malware and viruses recently. Microsoft is still on target to finalise Windows 7 over the summer with a general
availability this fall. Un-official wallpaper not included by default, thanks to djlegion for the screenshots.
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28.05.2009Fix for free anti-virus generating fake traffic
The freeware version of anti-virus software AVG 8 was released with a feature called LinkScanner at the end of May that was found to create massive
amounts of fake traffic, enraging webmasters, and skewing site rankings...
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07.07.2008Apple: Fake Memo Didn't Come from Internal Server
Apple attempted to squash the
confusion surrounding a fake
memo published on AOL blog
Engadget Wednesday, which
claimed both the iPhone and
Leopard were being delayed and
temporarily led to a major
drop in Apple stock. The
company says the memo was
not sent from its
servers...
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18.05.2007Identity of 'Fake Steve Jobs' Revealed
The identity of Fake Steve
Jobs is a secret no more. The
author of the popular Web log
that for the past year has
taken a candid look at the
world of CEO blogs has finally
revealed himself...
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06.08.2007Fake sites with Obama news infect users with malware
Trend Micro Advanced Threats Researcher Paul Ferguson has discovered fake websites with headlines like Barack Obama has refused to be a president and
links that take the user to fake Obama sites which mimick the official Obama website. Trend Micro has found binaries with file names like barack.exe
and baracknews.exe which belong to Waladec family of worms that spread more after New Year as spam greeting cards. Below is a glimpse of the fake
obama website Some of the malware found are: WORM_WALEDAC.KAX WORM_WALEDAC.AE WORM_WALEDAC.AG WORM_WALEDAC.AD WORM_WALEDAC.AL WORM_WALEDAC.AH
TROJ_AGENT.DOZZ TSPY_BANKER.BFE TROJ_DLOADER.XGZ BKDR_KRYPTIK.AB These malware are mostly hosted on domains that contain Obama-related key words.
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21.01.2009Carbonite caught red-handed posting fake product reviews
It was just 10 days ago we had the news of Belkin paying people to post fake reviews and the comments of anonymous Belkin employees confirming those
fake reviews, we now have Carbonite - an online backup service provider setting a similar example. The Daily Background highlights the dirty
practices of yet another tech company posting positive reviews of their own products. Bruce, an annoyed customer who wanted to write reviews in
Amazon.com regarding his experiences with Carbonite, found out that the high level employees of carbonite gave positive product reviews disguised as
normal users.
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29.01.2009EU cracks down on fake blogger astroturfing
Nothing beats word of mouth for getting people to put their hand in their pockets. So it didn't take long for cheeky marketing departments to cotton
on to the power of blogs and pose as consumers praising their own particular widget to the skies to help lift their top line.
Sneaky, perhaps, but usually legal. Not for much longer, however, as covert commercial blogging - or flogging - will soon be banned by
Brussels.
Under laws due to come into force at the beginning of next year, but likely to be delayed until April for the UK,
companies posing as consumers on fake blogs, providing fake testimonies on consumer rating websites such as TripAdvisor, or writing fake book reviews
on Amazon risk criminal or civil liability.
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04.11.2007Symantec: Fake security software on millions of computers
Millions of computer in the US are infected with fake security software, which their owners may have even paid for, according to a cybercrime report
from security company Symantec. Such software would only make computers more vulnerable, possibly allowing cybercrooks to take complete control of an
infected computer. "Lots of times, in fact they're a conduit for attackers to take over your machine. They'll take your credit card
information, any personal information you've entered there and they've got your machine," said Vincent Weafer, Symantec's vice president
for security response. Symantec found 250 different kinds of fake security software installed on computers, all with perfectly legitimate sounding
names such as "Antivirus 2010" and "SpywareGuard 2008".
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19.10.2009Introducing the fake Microsoft Store
Microsoft today unveiled it's "Retail Experience Center". The experience center is like a real Microsoft store but unfortunately it's fake.
This store acts, feels and functions like a real store and was built at Microsoft's headquarters in Redmond, WA (USA). The Retail Experience
Center is a private, 20,000-square-foot facility housing a fully functioning, interactive store environment, from point of service to receiving dock.
The Retail Experience Center is also part of Microsoft's larger effort to establish a research facility to better understand and address how
consumers are experiencing the Windows brand at retail as they select and purchase PCs.
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12.01.2009Steve Ballmer's Presentation Laptop, (We Hope This Pic is Fake)
Gizmodo
came across a
very interesting photo (possibly fake) from one of Steve Ballmer's
presentations:
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28.04.2008Bloggers battered by viral storm
Google's Blogger site is being used by malicious hackers who are posting fake entries to some blogs.
The fake entries contain
weblinks that lead to booby-trapped downloads that could infect a Windows PC.
Infected computers are being hijacked by the gang
behind the attacks and either mined for saleable data or used for other attacks. The Blogger attack is the latest in a series by a gang that has
managed to hijack hundreds of thousands of PCs.
Security researcher Alex Eckelberry from Sunbelt Software first noticed the
booby-trapped links turning up on Blogger on 27 August...
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30.08.2007US shuts down 'scareware' sellers
The US government has moved to shut down sellers of fake security software. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has won a restraining order that stops
several sellers of "scareware" from continuing to trade. Millions of people are thought to have been caught out by the software which, once
installed, issues false alerts about viruses and illegal porn. The FTC is pursuing further legal action to win a permanent ban on those peddling
the scareware. Court papers submitted by the FTC show that the peddlers of the fake security software tricked websites into advertising their
products. The companies behind the fake security software won customers via adverts on many popular websites.
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13.12.2008Apple finishes with Think Secret, targets Fake Steve Jobs
Apple Incorporated’s lawyers have found a new target: the fake Steve Jobs. Daniel Lyons, a senior editor at Forbes, is the author of the blog
“The Secret Diary of Steve Jobs”, which is written by him in first person, as if it were Jobs himself writing. Most blog entries are
simply little snippets of what’s happening in the tech world, usually completely irrelevant to Jobs or even Apple. The lawyers are, however,
interested in three posts that they “deem to be actionable”. They emphasize, of course, that they don’t want to take any legal
action and that it’s all up to Lyons. Apparently, the lawyers just want to talk about the problem and not actually take anyone to court or send
them a cease-and-desist letter.
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23.12.200763% users fail to spot fake pop-ups
Internet users are unable to distinguish between genuine pop-up warnings messages and false ones, a study at North Carolina State University has
found. The study examined the responses of undergraduates to messages which popped up while they did other tasks on a PC. Seeing the pop-ups as a mere
annoyance the majority clicked 'OK'. Fake pop-ups are a well-known vehicle for cyber-criminals to install harmful software on PCs.
"This study demonstrates how easy it is to fool people on the web," said co-author Michael Wogalter, professor of psychology at North
Carolina State University. "Be suspicious when things pop up. Don't click OK - close the box instead," said Dr Wogalter." Participants
were fooled by the fake messages 63% of the time, even when warned that some of what they would be seeing would be false.
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24.09.2008Technology detects fake works of art
US researchers are harnessing digital technology to help differentiate original works of art from forgeries. Penn State scientists James Z Wang,
associate professor of information sciences and technology, and Jia Li, associate professor of statistics, have published their work in the July issue
of IEEE Signal Processing.
The team's findings are based on 101 high-resolution greyscale scans of paintings by Vincent van Gogh
provided by the Van Gogh and Kröller-Müller museums in the Netherlands.
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14.07.2008Beware of fake Microsoft security alerts
With Microsoft's monthly
patch release expected on
Tuesday, scammers are sending
out fake security bulletins
that attempt to install
malicious software on
victim's computers.
The e-mail messages claim
to describe a "Cumulative
Security Update for Internet
Explorer" that fixes a
critical security flaw in the
browser. It comes with a link
entitled "Download this
update."
When users
click on this link, they are
taken to a server that
attempts to install malicious
software known as
Trojan-Downloader.Win32.Agent.
avk. This Trojan software then
attempts to reach out to other
computers on the Internet in
order to install more programs
on the victim's computer...
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09.06.2007Windows Live Bug Opened Door to Scammers
Microsoft Corporation has
fixed a bug in its Windows
Live ID registration that let
users deceptively register a
false e-mail address. The
false e-mail address could
then be used as an ID for
Microsoft's Live Messenger
program, which could trick a
user into thinking they are
chatting with someone who is
not whom they appear to be.
Erik Duindam, a Web developer
in Leiderdorp, the
Netherlands, reported the
problem to Microsoft on
Monday. Microsoft acknowledged
it had fixed the bug but did
not have further information
on the flaw's impact.
It's unclear how long
the flaw may have existed or
how many accounts with
deceptive instant messenger
IDs could have been created.
If a user attempts to create a
Windows Live ID, Microsoft
sends a confirmation e-mail to
the e-mail address entered by
the user. Without
confirmation, Microsoft
includes a warning with future
messages sent by instant
message, which appear as:
fake@emailaddress (E-mail
Address Not Verified).
However, accounts
created over the weekend with
fake e-mail addresses were
still active as of Tuesday and
carried no such warning.
Microsoft should try to shut
down the fake accounts as soon
as possible but it could be
difficult, especially if
Microsoft was not aware of the
flaw and can't track the
spoofed accounts. An attacker
could use the flaw as part of
a social-engineering ploy,
where users are tricked into
doing something that puts
their machine at risk. Users
could be tricked into thinking
they are talking to someone
they trust.
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20.06.2007Report finds fake antivirus on the rise
Malware posing as antivirus software is spreading fast with tens of millions of computers infected each month, according to a report to be released on
Wednesday from PandaLabs.
PandaLabs found 1,000 samples of fake antivirus software in the first quarter of 2008. In a year, that
number had grown to 111,000. And in the second quarter of 2009, it reached 374,000, Luis Corrons, technical director of PandaLabs said in a recent
interview.
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