wmi.dll
Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
There are 2 processes with name “wmi.dll”
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• wmi.dll – Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
Brief description of process wmi.dll
wmi.dll
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ESET Beats Microsoft to the Punch – I recently got a new MacBook Pro and set up Windows 7 and ESET Smart Security on it. This morning when I started the computer ESET Smart Security notified me that my operating system wasn’t up to date. This was a bit of a surprise because I updated everything when I installed the operating system. [...]
November 16, 2009 10:05:07 PM CET
Google to Launch “Bob” ??? – Remember Microsoft Bob? It was a shiny new windowing system on top of a windows kernel. Now Google is announcing the imminent release of the Chrome OS which, according to the official Google blog http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/07/introducing-google-chrome-os.html is a new windowing system on top of a Linux kernel. So is it an OS or a GUI? Chrome OS [...]
June 9, 2010 9:55:20 PM CEST
Cross-platform Security Advisory for Flash Player, Adobe Reader and Acrobat – Ouch. This affects virtually everyone including Mac, Linux, and Windows users. More can be found here at the PSIRT site. And yes, there is malware already associated already with it. A critical vulnerability exists in Adobe Flash Player 10.0.45.2 and earlier versions for Windows, Macintosh, Linux and Solaris operating systems, and the authplay.dll component that [...]
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Microsoft Windows ntdll.dll Buffer Overflow Vulnerability – Type: Vulnerability. The Windows ntdll.dll system component vulnerable to a buffer overrun when passed data from certain functions; remote code execution is possible.
December 16, 2009 9:59:51 PM CET
Upgrade or Die – OK, it isn’t quite that dire, but if you are using Windows XP Service Pack 2, support for that version of the operating system will end in July 2010. If you plan to stay with Windows XP a while longer then it’s a good time to upgrade to service pack 3 if you have not [...]
March 6, 2010 3:08:09 AM CET
Rootkit:W32/Xanti.gen!A – A program or set of programs which hides itself by subverting or evading the computer's security mechanisms, then allows remote users to secretly control the computer's operating system.
