Computer Support Blog

When Microsoft released Windows 8 in 2012, it made many significant changes to how users interacted with the operating system when compared with previous versions of Windows.  One of the most significant changes that occurred was the addition of “Windows Apps”, which users launch from an entirely new interface, unrelated to common “desktop” interface with which most people have familiarity.  There is a lot of confusion over the nature of both Windows Apps and the “Modern” interface that users launch them from, even almost two years after the initial release of Windows 8.  Read more »

For users of Windows and its associated applications, the news is not good this morning.

Noted Internet security researcher HD Moore, of Rapid 7, reported Wednesday that 40 different Windows applications have serious security vulnerability.

The vulnerabilities are, according to Moore, similar to one found in Apple’s iTunes for Windows.  Apple has patched the vulnerability in that program. Read more »