Windows users need to pay more attention to certificates installed on their computers. Recent incidents with Lenovo Superfish, Dell eDellRoot and Comodo PrivDog certificates evidence that users have to be both attentive when they install new applications and aware what software and certificates are preinstalled in the system by the manufacturer. Fake or specially generated certificates help hackers to perform MiTM (man-in-the-middle) attacks, capture your traffic (including HTTPS), allow malicious software or scripts to run, etc.
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- Windows Server 2008 R2
Remote Desktop Connection Error: Outdated entry in the DNS cache
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