AppFabric Blog
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Analyzing a Stuxnet Infection with the Sysinternals Tools, Part 1
Though I didn’t realize what I was seeing, Stuxnet first came to my attention on July 5 last summer when I received an email from a programmer that included a driver file, Mrxnet.sys, that they had identified as a rootkit. A driver that implements rootkit...(read more)
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Zero Day is Here!
I’m excited to announce that my first novel, a cyber thriller entitled Zero Day , is now available at all major book retailers! Zero Day is a book in the style of Crichton and Clancy, weaving technical fact into the story. If you like the Sysinternals...(read more)
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The Case of the Unusable System
This post continues in the malware hunting theme of the last couple of posts as Zero Day availability draws near (it’s available tomorrow!). It began when a friend of mine at Microsoft told me that a neighbor of hers had a laptop that malware had rendered...(read more)
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AppFabric WCF Service Template (C#)
Now available Download the AppFabric WCF Service Template C#
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The Case of the Sysinternals-Blocking Malware
Continuing the theme of focusing on malware-related cases (last week I posted The Case of the Malicious Autostart ) as a lead up to the publication on March 15 of my novel Zero Day , this post describes one submitted to me by a user that took a unique...(read more)
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The Case of the Malicious Autostart
Given that my novel, Zero Day , will be published in a few weeks and is based on malware’s use as a weapon by terrorists, I thought it appropriate to post a case that deals with malware cleanup with the Sysinternals tools. This one starts when Microsoft...(read more)
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The Cases of the Blue Screens: Finding Clues in a Crash Dump and on the Web
My last couple of posts have looked at the lighter side of blue screens by showing you how to customize their colors. Windows kernel mode code reliability has gotten better and better every release such that many never experience the infamous BSOD. But...(read more)
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Announcing Zero Day, the Novel!
You’ve seen the news if you’re my friend on Facebook , follow me on Twitter , or subscribe to the Sysinternals blog : I’m proud to announce that my first novel, a cyberthriller entitled Zero Day , is due to be published by St. Martin’s Press in mid-March...(read more)
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Windows Server AppFabric and the new Web Platform Installer (3.0)
When the new Web Platform Installer (3.0) was released I had trouble finding Windows Server AppFabric. The new UI can be a little confusing so to save you some trouble here are the instructions for installing Windows Server AppFabric.
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“Blue Screens” in Designer Colors with One Click
My last blog post described how to use local kernel debugging to change the colors of the Windows crash screen, also known as the “blue screen of death”. No doubt many of you thought that showing off a green screen of death or red screen of death to your...(read more)