Windows 10: .NET and other system junk, vulnerabilities?

Hi all, I'm using SecureAPlus Vulnerabilities report to guide me through a maintenance period of my system. This Windows 10 installation dates back to a Win7's when I was offered a free upgrade, early adopters, to Windows 10, so a lot of junk was carried over and accumulated from at least 2014.Is it safe or at a good idea to remove it all and replace on demand all of these? What should I do?Cheers

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system junk

Hi Martin, it is best to clean your system of junk files, perhaps once a month, Windows 10 can accumulate a good amount of junk files . . .

Before proceeding, if you have any files in your Downloads folder, that you want to keep, you should move those to another folder for more permanent storage . .

Open File Explorer

Click on your hard drive

On the Manage Tab, click Cleanup

Let Disk Cleanup do its initial scan

Select Everything in the list and choose Delete

Start Disk Cleanup again

Let Disk Cleanup do its initial scan

This time in the resulting dialog, click 'Cleanup System Files'

Let Disk Cleanup run another scan

Select Everything in the list and choose Delete

 

Microsoft .NET Framework, Unhandled exception

Hi,

Welcome to Microsoft Community.

I suggest you to un-check and recheck .Net framework 3.5 and .Net framework 4.6 advance series from Windows features.

Try the following steps:

• Press Windows + R keys to open Run command.
• Type Appwiz.cpl and select "turn Windows feature on or off" from the left
• Uncheck .Net framework 3.5 and .Net framework 4.6 advance series.
• Restart the computer
• Repeat step 1 and 2 and check .Net framework 3.5 and .Net framework 4.6 advance series.
• Restart the computer.

Regards,

 

WPA2 Vulnerability Found

A small update with regards to the Microsoft fix. The fix itself is sufficient to solve the issue on Windows, even if your WiFi device has no driver update, with one caveat:

Does this security update fully address these vulnerabilities on Microsoft Platforms, or do I need to perform any additional steps to be fully protected?
The provided security updates address the reported vulnerabilities; however, when affected Windows based systems enter a connected standby mode in low power situations, the vulnerable functionality may be offloaded to installed Wi-Fi hardware. To fully address potential vulnerabilities, you are also encouraged to contact your Wi-Fi hardware vendor to obtain updated device drivers. For a listing of affected vendors with links to their documentation, review the ICASI Multi-Vendor Vulnerability Disclosure statement here: http://www.icasi.org/wi-fi-protected-access-wpa-vulnerabilities

Source: https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-13080