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Saturday, October 25, 2025

grepWin 2.1.11 is the last working version on Windows 7

I am a big fan of Stefan Küng's grepWin because of it's blazing fast speed and it's open source c++ code. Got confirmation on Github - 2.1.12 no longer runs on Windows 7 · Issue #563.

Version 2.1.11 is last working version on Windows 7.

You can download all the releases here - stefankueng/grepWin (github.com)

Latest Version 2.1.12 Issues

The new Version 2.1.12 (Sept 24, 2025) gives me the following error on Windows 7.

Specifically, running on the following hardware;

Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate SP 1 (6.1.7601.24546), Intel Core i7 CPU 920 @ 2.67GHz * 4, 12GB RAM, NVIDIA GeForce GT 7, 10 2GB * 1, 1TB HD

Get this above one line summary here - SimpleSystemInfo-TheOneLiner-V2 (github.com) 👀

Tried portable editions (x86 & x64) did not work, they are supposed to be self-contained builds.

Mitigation

New, Version 2.1.12 gives me the following error on Windows 7.

Go the following popup error.

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grepWin.exe - System Error

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The program can't start because 
api-ms-win-core-path-l1-1-0.dll is missing from 
your computer. Try reinstalling the program to 
fix this problem. 

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OK   

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Dependency Hell

I copied over the file from Windows 10, and then entire api-ms-win-*.dll then got Kernel.dll error. Got these dlls from ReactOS build env project.
Copied over kernel_vista.dll from win10.
Error in kernelbase.dll, copied from win10.

Problem Event Name:	APPCRASH
  Application Name:	grepWin_dependancy.exe
  Application Version:	2.1.12.1434
  Application Timestamp:	68d43315
  Fault Module Name:	KERNELBASE.dll
  Fault Module Version:	6.1.7601.24545
  Fault Module Timestamp:	5e0eb7f5
  Exception Code:	c06d007e
  Exception Offset:	0000c5af
  OS Version:	6.1.7601.2.1.0.256.1
  Locale ID:	1033
  Additional Information 1:	0a9e
  Additional Information 2:	0a9e372d3b4ad19135b953a78882e789
  Additional Information 3:	0a9e

Essentially, it's a UWP app and built for Win8+, so I stopped.

APIs present on all Windows devices - Windows UWP applications | Microsoft Learn

Why still Windows 7?

I develop migration tools that still must work on Win7

Cloud Storage Phishing email with subject Reminder Personal cloud settings available now

For the record, this is a Cloud Storage phishing email attempt that is recently going around, with subject line "Reminder: Personal cloud settings available now".

What to do? Report them, goto bottom of page.

From : Hello {yourname} <newsletters.xjui@superportal1456.notisart.cl>

Subject : Reminder: Personal cloud settings available now

Link gets you here

PHISHING LINKs;

1. http://xn--8hiv2szvuat-odb60k.indelust.com/xxxx?yyyy

How to tell this is a Phishing email ?

Check email address in full, if it's not from originating company then it's phishing.
Hover over all links in email, if it's not from the company's website then forget it.
The best way is to

How to examine Email Message Source ?

Now lets look at message source

Outlook.com->Actions->View Message Source.
Gmail.com->More (down arrow to top right)->Show original.

Check for suspicious links, anything that does not originate from apple.com.

Report Phishing Email (not as Spam)

Outlook.com->Junk (at Top)->Phishing Scam
Gmail.com->More (down-arrow to top right)->Report Phishing

Report Phishing to Google

If you have received this email, take further action by

https://www.google.com/safebrowsing/report_phish/

Report phishing at Microsoft and government agencies

http://www.microsoft.com/security/online-privacy/phishing-faq.aspx

Friday, October 24, 2025

Express Pharmacy Phishing email with subject Claim your 5-10% discount code now

For the record, this is a Express Pharmacy phishing email attempt that is recently going around, with subject line "Claim your 5-10% discount code now".

What to do? Report them, goto bottom of page.

From : Men's Health <pharmacy.online.coupon@gmail.com>

Subject : Claim your 5-10% discount code now.

Link gets you here

PHISHING LINKs;

1. http://www.automac.it/farm.html

How to tell this is a Phishing email ?

Check email address in full, if it's not from originating company then it's phishing.
Hover over all links in email, if it's not from the company's website then forget it.
The best way is to