A researcher has discovered that Windows’ Regsvr32 can be used to download and run JavaScript and VBScript remotely from the Internet, bypassing AppLocker’s whitelisting protections.

Sep 23, 2009 5 mins Microsoft Why AppLocker makes using an application execution Whitelist so easy. It so happens that the topic of Whitelists vs. Blacklists comes up a lot when I’m talking to ...

Windows AppLocker is a feature of Microsoft Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 that lets administrators control what types of programs are allowed to run on users’ PCs. AppLocker can be centrally ...

Defeating Microsoft's AppLocker protection is surprisingly simple - just make one small change to Regsvr32 and it's useless.

The AppLocker feature in Microsoft Windows 7 Professional lets administrators control which applications and scripts users can install and load on their computers. This is useful for locking down ...

However, if the guest operating system is joined to the same Active Directory domain, then Group Policy, and therefore AppLocker policies, can also be applied to the guest (but may not, depending on ...

Users who run unwanted or dangerous applications can undermine the security of your entire network. With the new AppLocker feature in Windows 7, Microsoft aims to simplify the task of ensuring ...

Practical App Windows 7 Security Tips: Keep Your Files Safe with BitLocker and AppLocker Keep your files safe with BitLocker and AppLocker. By Orin Thomas 05/01/2010 There are several obvious ...

Among many other new goodies, Windows Server 2008 R2 brings us “AppLocker,” which is a re-branding of the Software Restriction Policies feature that’s been around for a few years now. This ...

Exploit gets around Windows' app security safeguards Microsoft's AppLocker is defenseless if you point to a remote file.