Microsoft now allows enterprise admins to re-enable the MSIX ms-appinstaller protocol handler disabled after Emotet abused it to deliver malicious Windows App Installer packages. App Installer (also ...

If the error message This app package is not supported for installation by app installer is troubling you, then this post may help you. The App Installer is a Windows ...

I would love to clean-install Windows after every major update, except I don't want to spend hours reinstalling all my apps. Turns out, Windows 10 and 11 include a command-line tool that handles app ...

Microsoft has disabled the MSIX ms-appinstaller protocol handler exploited in malware attacks to install malicious apps directly from a website via a Windows AppX Installer spoofing vulnerability.

Microsoft on Thursday took steps to safeguard users by disabling the App Installer feature in Windows 10, following the discovery that threat actors were exploiting it to spread malware. The company ...

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