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: ...

No more DLL hell. That was just one of Microsoft Corp.’s goals when it introduced the Windows Installer service along with Windows 2000 nearly four years ago. The service, which now runs on Windows XP ...

I am trying to convert most of our software packagtes over to MSI files so we can fully deploy a machine and have the software installed through GPO. However, I am having limited success with ...

Windows MSI files provide an opening for attackers even though the bug was mostly patched in July. A Citrix Workspace vulnerability that was fixed in July has been found to have a secondary attack ...

In a Bugzilla report, Mozilla has revealed that they provide enterprise MSI installers starting with Firefox 65. By offering an MSI installer , system administrators can create their own transform ...

The MSI file format used by Windows Installer (MSI) is used specifically for installation – this differs from the EXE format sometimes used to run installers, which are simple executable files that ...

An unofficial patch is available for a zero-day vulnerability that is actively exploited in the wild to gain administrator privileges. Proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit code that works out of the box has ...

I have a small application that I need installed on a bunch of computers. Unfortunately it is a .EXE file, not an .MSI file. I would like to be able to push this easily with Group Policy.<BR><BR>Is ...