When applications are installed and updated on the Windows 11/10 Operating System a hidden directory designated as C:\Windows\Installer is used to store the Microsoft Installer (MSI) files and the ...

Chinese language hackers are taking advantage of the Windows Installer (MSI) file format to bypass standard security checks. Hackers are known to deliver malware in the same sorts of familiar formats: ...

MSI and EXE files may appear to do the same thing in many ways; you could say they are the same but have different names. However, that is not the case because while they are similar, differences do ...

Event 1028 from MsiInstaller text: Windows Installer has determined that its configuration data cache folder was not secured properly. The owner of the key must be either Local System or ...

The good folks at F-Secure uncover the first Windows 7 security fail... and it's a classic. The issue in question is nothing new. In fact, it's been around for so long that I didn't even bother ...