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Disable Windows Script Host (WSH) to block .VBS malware How to securely prevent .VBS files (VBScript) from being executed by disabling Windows Script Host in Windows 7, Windows 8 and Windows 10

April 17, 2019April 17, 2019 - by Ryan - Leave a Comment

Windows Script Host (or WSH) (also known as Windows Scripting Host) is a scripting language shipped with all major Windows and Windows Server distributions since Windows 98. Scripts made with …

Coding / Linux / Servers & Services / Web

OpenProject - 502 Bad Gateway with default TCP port 6000 - FIX How to fix the 502 - Bad Gateway HTTP error reported by NGINX while trying to connect to a default OpenProject instance by changing the default proxy port (TCP 6000)

April 16, 2019 - by Ryan - Leave a Comment

If you're reading this it most likely means that you're desperately looking for a way to fix the 502 - Bad Gateway error (or other similar errors) you're receiving by …

Coding

Firefox - This address is restricted - Override Fix How to allow one or more non-standard HTTP / HTTPS ports from being opened by Mozilla Firefox, bypassing the "this address is restricted" error for good

April 16, 2019 - by Ryan - 4 Comments.

Mozilla Firefox is definitely a great browser and the developers community put a lot of effort on the security aspects, preventing malicious software and/or attackers from doing any harm to …

Operating Systems / Windows

How to disable Microsoft Compatibility Telemetry on Windows 10 A short guide explaining how to get rid of the Microsoft Compatibility Telemetry service from your Windows 10 PC and recover Memory, CPU and Hard-Disk performances

April 14, 2019December 17, 2022 - by Ryan - 2 Comments.

Have you ever experienced some performance issues on your Windows 10 machine (Hard-Disk, CPU and/or RAM) and, opening the Task Manager to see what was causing this, found the culprit …

ASP.NET / C# / Coding / Windows

ASP.NET - Create MSI or setup.exe installer for any .NET Project with WiX How you can use the open-source WiX toolset to create a MSI or Setup.exe installer package for your ASP.NET projects to ensure a smooth install experience to your users

April 13, 2019January 7, 2021 - by Ryan - 1 Comment

If you're an ASP.NET developer working with client applications using either Windows Forms (aka WinForms) projects, WPF Projects, Windows Console applications, Windows Service projects and/or any .NET Core Desktop App …

Coding / Cyber Security / PHP / Web

Yuzo Related Posts WordPress Plugin - Major Security Flaw A critical vulnerability in the code of the well-known WordPress plugin Yuzo Related Post resulted in many malicious XSS redirects to harmful web sites such as hellofromhony.org and silken.ru

April 11, 2019 - by Ryan - Leave a Comment

Definitely a bad week for Lenin Zapata, author of the well-known Yuzo Related Post plugin for WordPress. The plugin, installed on over 60,000 websites, was removed from the WordPress.org plug-in …

Cyber Security / Servers & Services / Web

Ivacy VPN - Game Of Thrones Promo - 20% discount until April 30th 2019 20% discount on any Ivacy VPN subscription plan to celebrate the eighth season of the successful TV series inspired by the fantasy saga written by George R. R. Martin

April 11, 2019 - by Ryan - 2 Comments.

Ivacy's April 2019 marketing campaign is definitely original: the VPN provider took inspiration from the imminent launch of the eighth season of the TV series inspired by the fantasy saga …

SEO & Marketing / Spam and Scam Alert / Web

Fake Guest Posting Spam Alert - Joshua Kurtzman of Veridin Systems Yet another "fraudulent guest post" harassment spam you should definitely be aware of

April 3, 2019April 3, 2019 - by Ryan - 2 Comments.

Do you remember our Fake Guest Posting spam cancer informative article? Here's a typical case to better understand what we were talking about there. On Mon, 25 March 2019 we …

Coding / HTML & CSS / JavaScript

JQuery - Cross-browser hide option and optgroup in a SELECT How to hide options and/or optgroups from a SELECT in all browsers, including Chrome, Firefox and Internet Explorer (IE)

April 3, 2019 - by Ryan - Leave a Comment

Today I had to fix a nasty cross-browser compatibility issue involving two HTML <select> elements that worked in the following way: ddlRegioni: a list of regions in Italy, with the …

ASP.NET / C# / Coding / Tools & Utilities

ASP.NET How to set the proper Data Type of MS Excel cells with EPPlus A short guide explaining how to properly format the data type for numeric and date cells and/or columns within a MS Excel Worksheet (XLSX file) using EPPlus

March 29, 2019January 25, 2021 - by Ryan - 3 Comments.

If you've stumbled upon this post you most likely already know EPPlus, one of the best open-source libraries to programmatically read, create and edit MS Excel files in XLS and …