Building installers on Windows used to be complicated. It all depended on which installation tool were you using and how was your code being distributed. Could you wrap an executable around a Zip file ...

Malicious programs are constantly finding new ways to harm or damage devices. Seeing these things, it would always be reasonable to get apps in the Appx file format that is used by Universal Windows ...

Microsoft has disabled a Windows App Installer feature after its December Patch Tuesday disclosure that it was being actively exploited to install unwanted apps. The flaw was bad news for Windows ...

Microsoft has again disabled the MSIX ms-appinstaller protocol handler after multiple financially motivated threat groups abused it to infect Windows users with malware. Microsoft now allows ...

Microsoft reiterated on Friday that a flaw in an application installer component used with its MSIX app packager has been abused by malware, and temporary measures should be followed until there's a ...

The TrickBot gang operators are now abusing the Windows 10 App Installer to deploy their BazarLoader malware on the systems of targets who fall victim to a highly targeted spam campaign. BazarLoader ...

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 ...

Nothing says sexy like I use a package manager to install apps instead of double-clicking boring executables. It just rolls off the tongue. But there is something fun about installing and updating ...

If you’re really, really sick of the Microsoft Store, Microsoft now offers a return to the glorious days of the command line interface. Meet App Installer, Microsoft’s new package manager for Windows.