About AnkitGupta@TWCN

Ankit Gupta is a writer by profession and has more than 7 years of global writing experience on technology and other areas. He follows technological developments and likes to write about Windows & IT security. He has a deep liking for wild life and has written a book on Top Tiger Parks of India.
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Third party App developers are reading your Gmail messages, Google responds

By AnkitGupta@TWCN |

A recent Wall Street Journal report has revealed that third-party app developers are reading Gmail messages of users and that too without needing any special permission. Apparently, the report takes a dig at Google for allowing many third-party app developers […]

False positives

VirusTotal Monitor launched to mitigate the false positives

By AnkitGupta@TWCN |

Antivirus software is considered to be efficient when it produces minimum false positives. In fact, it is the most important feature that an antivirus program must possess. False positives are nothing but the virus scan results which wrongly indicate that […]

Windows 10 IoT Core Services

Windows 10 IoT Core Services: The future of Internet of Things

By AnkitGupta@TWCN |

Internet of Things or IoT is one of the most trending topics in today’s world. Windows 10 brings some of the most futuristic products and services when it comes to IoT. Aligned to this, on June 5th, 2018, Windows announced […]

Windows Community Toolkit

Windows Community Toolkit Update – Version 3.0 is here

By AnkitGupta@TWCN |

Windows Community Toolkit is the bible for developers across the globe. With its collection of helper functions, custom controls, and app services, it simplifies and demonstrates common developer tasks building UWP apps for Windows 10. Windows Community Toolkit has its […]

Microsoft Outlook

Microsoft Outlook flaw let hackers steal your Windows password

By AnkitGupta@TWCN |

A vulnerability has been detected in Microsoft Outlook that risks users credentials being hacked by attackers. Discovered by Will Dormann of the CERT Coordination Center (CERT/CC), the vulnerability allows hackers to steal user’s Windows password just by having the target […]

Google bars cryptocurrency mining Chrome extensions

By AnkitGupta@TWCN |

Google has banned all Chrome extensions manufactured to mine cryptocurrency from its Chrome web store with immediate effect. The company said that there has been a rise in the malicious extensions being registered on the Chrome store. These banned browser […]

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Indian Microsoft Garage facility debuts in Hyderabad, India

By AnkitGupta@TWCN |

Microsoft has unveiled its first Garage facility in India at its Hyderabad campus in Telangana. Spread over an area of 8000 sq. ft, this is Microsoft second-largest Garage facility following its 11,000-sq-ft Garage facility in Redmond. Microsoft Garage comes to […]

Windows Defender

Windows Defender features demo site launched

By AnkitGupta@TWCN |

Microsoft has launched a demo site demonstrating Windows defender features that allow users to test Windows Defender capabilities in real time. The demo site contains several Antivirus protection tests with built-in demonstration files and steps for users to test. Test […]

Windows 10 S

All editions of Windows 10 will now get Windows 10 S

By AnkitGupta@TWCN |

Recently, the Windows team disclosed its plans for Windows 10 S on Twitter. According to these tweets, Windows 10 in S mode will be offered to all Windows 10 editions very soon. You will now be to buy a new […]

Artificial intelligence

How Windows Defender’s Artificial Intelligence stopped the malware outbreak

By AnkitGupta@TWCN |

Ever imagined that a new malware attack stopped in its tracks by Artificial Intelligence? This possibility is brought to life by Microsoft with its antivirus, Windows Defender. According to a blog on Microsoft Secure, Windows Defender AV’s layered machine learning […]

Bitcoin

Microsoft removes and then restores Bitcoin payments

By AnkitGupta@TWCN |

Amid the growing concerns over the regulation of cryptocurrencies around the World, Microsoft stopped accepting bitcoin payments for Microsoft store. The company reportedly had removed the ability to add money to Microsoft Account using Bitcoin owing to the negative sentiments […]

NVIDIA

NVIDIA to end support for 32-bit operating system drivers

By AnkitGupta@TWCN |

NVIDIA has announced that it will soon end support for 32 bit operating systems. The company said that after the release of the Version 390 of its graphics card driver, it will no longer release drivers for 32-bit operating systems […]

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DDE feature in Microsoft Word disabled to avoid malware attacks

By AnkitGupta@TWCN |

Microsoft is trying every bit to prevent malware attacks using its applications. As a part of this prevention, Microsoft recently disabled the DDE feature in Word. The discontinuation of DDE feature in Word is a part of the December 2017 […]

Anti-Virus Quarantine

AVGater exploit can abuse the Anti-Virus Quarantine to infect your system

By AnkitGupta@TWCN |

You trust your antivirus software to protect your PC from malicious attacks but what if the Anti-Virus Quarantine feature is itself compromised. A recent finding shows that malware quarantine feature of several antivirus products was abused by local attackers to […]

Bad Rabbit ransomware

Bad Rabbit Ransomware starts hitting corporate networks

By AnkitGupta@TWCN |

If you were lucky to escape ransomware infection from WannaCry or Petya this year, there is one more threat to deal now. In the last couple of days or so, a new ransomware has emerged called by the name “Bad […]

Device Health

Windows Analytics Device Health is now available

By AnkitGupta@TWCN |

Device Health, the latest addition to the Windows Analytics, is now available. This new service that helps PC fleets reduce downtime and run efficiently was earlier released by Microsoft (in July 2017) for public preview. Now, at the onset of […]

Firefox Rocket

Firefox Rocket browser launched in Indonesia

By AnkitGupta@TWCN |

Mozilla has released a new web browser called as Firefox Rocket exclusively for the Indonesian market.  Designed for the mobile platform, Firefox Rocket is currently in beta testing and may get a full release version soon. Indonesia, a country not […]

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Microsoft partners with Spotify, soon to discontinue Groove Music Pass

By AnkitGupta@TWCN |

Recently Microsoft announced that they are partnering with Spotify and discontinuing Groove Music Pass and Store Music services. According to this announcement on Microsoft Support, the software giant will move its users from Groove Music to Spotify. Microsoft mentions that […]

OneDrive

OneDrive to get improved UI, sharing options and Files On-Demand

By AnkitGupta@TWCN |

At the ongoing Ignite 2017 conference, Microsoft announced new features to OneDrive benefitting not only the end users but also the IT administrators. Some of the biggest ticket items include an improved UI, sharing options and Files On-Demand. The new […]

Windows 10 S

Microsoft announces Windows 10 S devices for empower Firstline Workers

By AnkitGupta@TWCN |

Looking to empower Firstline workers with the latest technology, Microsoft is bringing Windows 10 S devices claiming that they are the best suited, more secure, customizable and easy to manage for the said working class. Firstline Workers are the people […]

Microsoft teams

Microsoft Teams to replace Skype for Business

By AnkitGupta@TWCN |

Skype for Business would soon be killed in favor of Microsoft Teams. Microsoft announced yesterday during its annual Ignite conference that Teams would be its primary teamwork software offering as it already has most of Skype’s functionality inbuilt. The company […]

Your Windows Has Been Banned

Your Windows Has Been Banned malware makes a comeback

By AnkitGupta@TWCN |

The “Your Windows Has Been Banned” malware has made a comeback, albeit, this time asking victims to pay US$50 in Bitcoin in order to unlock their Windows operating systems. This is the 2nd coming of this malware after it was […]