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New Security Vulnerability in FLEXnet Connect

New reports about security vulnerabilities in Macrovision's FLEXnet Connect (formerly called InstallShield Update Service) have been published on January 15, 2007 2008. The vulnerability would enable an attacker to remotely run malicious code on a users machine. The following files are affected:...

Posted to InstallSite Blog by stefan on Sun, Jan 20 2008
Filed under: Filed under: Web Resources, Industry News, Security, Macrovision, FLEXnet Connect
InstallShield Support for Visual Studio 2008, .NET Framework 3.5 and VC++ 9

Macrovision released updates for InstallShield 2008 to support integration with Visual Studio 2008 and redistribution of the .NET Framework 3.5 and VC++ 9 runtime files: HOTFIX: Beta Support for Visual Studio 2008 UPDATE: InstallShield 2008 Basic MSI, InstallScript MSI, and Express Support for .NET Framework...

Posted to InstallSite Blog by stefan on Thu, Jan 3 2008
Filed under: Filed under: Web Resources, Windows Installer, Industry News, Macrovision, Visual Studio
More on the security patch for FLEXnet Connect

Some additional information about the recently reported security vulnerability in FLEXnet Connect: According to Secunia the vulnerability is reported in versions 5.01.100.47363 and 6.0.100.60146 of the Update Service ActiveX control (isusweb.dll), but other versions may also be affected. It is recommended...

Posted to InstallSite Blog by stefan on Fri, Nov 2 2007
Filed under: Filed under: Web Resources, Industry News, Security, Macrovision, FLEXnet Connect
Security patch for FLEXnet Connect

Today, Macrovision Corp. notified customers of FLEXnet Connect® (formerly called InstallShield Update Service) of a security vulnerability in the FLEXnet Connect client version 6.0. Customers using the FLEXnet Connect functionality that is bundled with some editions of InstallShield and AdminStudio are...

Posted to InstallSite Blog by stefan on Tue, Oct 30 2007
Filed under: Filed under: Web Resources, Industry News, Security, Macrovision, FLEXnet Connect
MSI Readiness Analyzer for Windows Vista Updated

In a previous post I wrote about a free tool from ScriptLogic called "MSI Readiness Analyzer for Windows Vista". ScriptLogic responded to my complaint that common Vista problems slipped through the validation. Version 2 of the tool performs additional tests and is available as a free download...

Posted to InstallSite Blog by stefan on Wed, Aug 15 2007
Filed under: Filed under: Web Resources, Windows Installer, Industry News, Vista
Bugfix update for MSI 3.1

Microsoft released updated versions of Windows Installer 3.1 to fix a problem that could cause Windows Update to hang or crash. The update only applies to Windows XP SP2 and Windows Server 2003. It's not quite clear to me whether this version of the MSI runtime is redistributable or has to be downloaded...

Posted to InstallSite Blog by stefan on Wed, May 16 2007
Filed under: Filed under: Web Resources, Windows Installer, Industry News

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New Security Vulnerability in FLEXnet Connect

InstallShield Support for Visual Studio 2008, .NET Framework 3.5 and VC++ 9

More on the security patch for FLEXnet Connect

Security patch for FLEXnet Connect

MSI Readiness Analyzer for Windows Vista Updated

Bugfix update for MSI 3.1