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- Environmental Systems Research Institute Case Study: Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection
- The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection DEP has a mission to protect Pennsylvania's air, land, and water from pollution and provide for the health and safety of its citizens through a cleaner environment. Environmental permit applicants, concerned citizens, government agencies, and DEP employees all have an interest in environmental information....
- Tags: Environmental Systems Research Institute Inc., Data Execution Prevention
- Case studies
- Microsoft brings more security to Windows in Vista SP1
- The upcoming Windows Vista Service Pack SP 1, which some say will be released today, as well as Windows XP SP3 and Windows Server 2008, will feature new security APIs to help make Windows more secure. The new APIs in question are designed to help developers make...
- Tags: Buffer-overrun, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista SP1, Data Execution Prevention, Attack, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Security, Operating Systems, Software, Paul Mah
- Blog posts 2008-02-04
- Sleep better at night with Data Execution Prevention (DEP) in Windows Vista
- Security featureIt probably would be a better security feature to clean bugs making the services and programs vulnerable.This new feature only brings a new process which itself brings new vulnerabilities to the system.How should such a process decide which code is harmful and which is not? A process monitoring the...
- Tags: frank.schafer@..., Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows, data execution prevention
- Discussion threads 2007-11-15
- Windows DEP
- Windows Date Execution Prevention..included with SP2.This has GOT to go...I know enough to avoid viruses / malicious scripts etc...it does more harm then good, not recognizing what it is working with it.Does anyone know how to KILL IT?Thanks in advancehmmDEP configuration for the system is controlled through switches in the...
- Tags: madams97, Microsoft Windows, data execution prevention
- Discussion threads 2007-11-10
- Sleep better at night with Data Execution Prevention (DEP) in Windows Vista
- A new security feature in Windows Vista is Data Execution Prevention DEP. DEP will monitor Windows services and programs and protect harmful code from executing or running in system memory locations reserved for Windows and other programs. Once DEP realizes an attack is in progress, it will shut the program...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows, Data Execution Prevention, Steven Warren
- Blog posts 2007-11-09
- Microsoft Data Execution Prevention blocking shared printing
- A user has a WinXP SP2 box on a Win2k3 Domain. There is a Canon iCD880 connected to the PC, via usb. The printer was configured for sharing and 3 other PC's (All WinXP SP2, all domain members) were successfully printing.Then the printer stopped printing and wouldn't fax....
- Tags: Printers, Desktops, GSI_tech, Microsoft Corp., printer, PC, printing, fax, data execution prevention
- Discussion threads 2007-10-15
- PIMOne (exe)
- PIMOne is easy-to-use personal-information-management PIM software. Bringing convenience to your work and life, PIMOne is an indispensable assistant that can help you manage your contacts, plans, tasks, passwords, memos, and notes.Version 5.3 adds support for Vista DEPData Execution Prevention.
- Tags: Data Execution Prevention, PIMOne Computing
- Software downloads 2007-07-30
- DiaryOne (exe)
- DiaryOne is a creative multimedia diary keeper software for storing your private information securely. DiaryOne can store not only texts but also multimedia information including sounds, pictures, etc. It also provides various skins and stationeries for your diaries. You can select a diary skin as you like. Even, you can...
- Tags: Multimedia, Diary, Data Execution Prevention, DiaryOne
- Software downloads 2007-07-30
- SolutionBase: Protect your workstation with Windows XP SP2's Data Execution Prevention technology
- With all of the viruses, spyware, and other exploits running around the Internet, wouldn't it be nice if the computer could protect itself a little bit? Using XP SP2's DEP feature, it just might be able to. Greg Shultz explains how it works. by Greg Shultz
- Tags: screenshots, Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2, TechRepublic Inc., Workstation, Microsoft Windows XP, Service Pack 2, Microsoft Windows, Data Execution Prevention, Greg Shultz
- Image galleries 2007-06-18
- Why is Microsoft hell-bent on ruining its reputation?
- Microsoft had multiple chances to release a patch for the ANI Animated Cursor Exploit in the months of January, February, and March but failed to release any patches for the vulnerability that was originally disclosed privately to Microsoft on December 20, 2006. Now were getting an emergency patch today, one...
- Tags: Vista, Security, News, Microsoft, Hardware, Desktop, Browsers
- Blog posts 2007-04-03
- Guide to hardware-based DEP protection
- Sounds like a good thing, butI'm curious about a couple of things:1. What is the overhead? Would enabling DEP for all programs have much impact on performance? I wonder how it works - is every memory access monitored? 2. How much better is hardware DEP? Does it do...
- Tags: data execution prevention, dep, george ou, hardware, off-topic, security, xLoggr
- Discussion threads 2006-09-21
- DEP and Thumbnails
- I don't know if anyone else has encountered this latest in entertaining Microsoft foibles, I don't see much on the Internet about it. My search led me to your article on the DEP system Microsoft is working on:I had a problem wherein every time I created a new video...
- Tags: data execution prevention, windows, security, dep, dragonfly@..., Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2006-05-22
- Microsoft DEP kills Microsoft LiveMeeting
- How many of you use LiveMeeting and DEP?How many people here use LiveMeeting?Me tooWow, George, this exact thing happened to me as well. I tried using LiveMeeting at some of the Small Business Summit meetings last month and kept getting booted. This month I finally decided to bite the bullet...
- Tags: Microsoft Office Live Meeting, data execution prevention, security, conferencing, dep, george ou, livemeeting, george_ou@..., off-topic, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2006-05-11
- Exploits in the wild for IE6 flaw growing! Hardware-enforced DEP promising!
- Just another reason why......I use Firefox.IE, Opera, Avant, Firefox problemsI have unfortunately been forced to open 3 or 4 browsers simultaneously, just to get anything done online. This is ridiculous.Opera can't negotiate TechRepublic blog post tools. I can type, but no bold or other formatting.Firefox, which I once loved, now...
- Tags: data execution prevention, DropMyRights, george ou, jgmsys@..., Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Internet Explorer 6, Mozilla Firefox, off-topic, sploit
- Discussion threads 2006-03-28
- Three Days Before the DEP
- I'm embarassed to admit that I'd not turned on full-bore DEP on my home machine, but this latest IE threat made me take the jump. So far, lots of nothing -- in a good way! I've not run into any software compatibility on this fairly typical machine.Now if I could...
- Tags: S.Howard-Sarin, ou, dep, off-topic, data execution prevention
- Discussion threads 2006-03-27
- Protect your workstation with Windows XP SP2's Data Execution Prevention technology
- Have you enabled DEP?Have you enabled Hardware-enforced DEP on your Windows XP SP2 system?Have you encountered any legitimate legacy programs that don't adhere to DEP code of behavior and cause errors?If so, what type of application was it?What did you do to solve the problem?Windows Meta File WMF vulnerabilityDid you...
- Tags: data execution prevention, dep, Greg Shultz, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Metafile, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2, security, Service Pack 2, windows xp sp2, wmf, workstation
- Discussion threads 2006-02-27
- Protect your workstation with Windows XP SP2's Data Execution Prevention technology
- In addition to antivirus and firewall protection, a relativelynew security technology called Data Execution Prevention, or DEP for short, is availableto protect your computer from malicious code. DEP, which was introduced withWindows XP SP2, works by monitoring memory usage for malicious code thatexploits vulnerabilities in memory heaps, stacks, and pools....
- Tags: data execution prevention, Greg Shultz, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2, Service Pack 2, workstation
- Technical articles 2006-02-21
- DEP
- i have a new workstation that has the new win xp pro and i assume sp2 on it and i keep getting this irritating dep message and when you close out of it it throws you out of everything... is there a way to turn that off to not use...
- Tags: data execution prevention, hotrodgers@..., windows
- Q&A 2005-01-06
- Athlon64 XP 3200+
- I just put together a 64 bit system and although it seems really nice, there is just one problem. How do I enable Windows Explorer to be opened? I try to open it and get the message Data Execution Prevention - Microsoft Windows.The Help and Support Center has...
- Tags: AbbeTech, AMD Athlon 64, data execution prevention, Microsoft Windows, Performance
- Q&A 2004-11-29
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