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Windows 8 contacts Microsoft every time software is installed

Windows 8 contacts Microsoft every time software is installed
  • Posted August 24, 2012, 5:00 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Microsoft, Software
  • Observant software hacker Nadim Kobeissi stumbled upon an interesting observation today while running a network packet analyzer under Windows 8. It appears, by default, Microsoft's latest operating system is sending information to Redmond servers each time a user installs an…

Windows 8 to get native SmartScreen file checking

Windows 8 to get native SmartScreen file checking
  • Posted April 8, 2011, 1:27 PM by Emil Protalinski | Filed in Microsoft, Software
  • It looks like Microsoft is introducing a built-in file checker powered by the SmartScreen Filter in Windows 8. It appears to serve two purposes: to reactively check the file system and proactively prevent any downloaded applications from running that are…

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