Lezi zindaba zishicilelwa kuwebhu nguCasey Smith, umcwaningi wezokuphepha waseColorado (eU.SA), othumele i-alamu lapho ethola ukwephulwa kwezokuphepha Izinhlelo eziphumelelayo ze-Windows 7 zalesi simiso esisebenzayo (futhi neWindows 10), ikakhulukazi, nge Umsebenzi we-AppLocker.
I-AppLocker isici esisha ukuthi yethulwe ku-Windows 7 naku-Windows Server 2008 R2 okuvumela abaphathi ukuthi bacacise yibaphi abasebenzisi noma amaqembu angasebenzisa izinhlelo zokusebenza kunhlangano, ngokuya ngobunikazi befayela elihlukile. Usebenzisa isici, ungakha uchungechunge lwemithetho evumela noma enqabele abasebenzisi ukwenziwa kwezinhlelo zokusebenza. Umsebenzi ofana nohlu lwe-Linux ACL kodwa osebenzisa indlela ethile yokusebenzisa ehlukile. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, uhlelo lokusebenza kahle fr32, insiza yomugqa womyalo engasetshenziselwa ukubhalisa nokukhipha ama-DLL, ivumela ukuguqula irejista yesistimu ngaphandle kokudinga imvume noma amalungelo wokusebenzisa, njengoba kushiwo nguSmith ngebhulogi yakhe. Njengoba ukhombisa, lokhu kungenza kube nzima kubaphathi abaningi ukuthola ukuthi izinguquko ziyenziwa yini noma cha ohlelweni.
Leli phutha lokuphepha ngakho-ke ikuvumela ukuthi usebenzise isoftware enonya kulawo makhompyutha asengcupheni, noma ngabe i-AppLocker ifakiwe, isici esizimiso saso ukuphepha. Yini enye, Akudingi ukufinyelela komlawuli noma ukuguqula irejista yesistimu, ngakho-ke kukho konke lokhu kungezwe ukuthi kunzima ukulandelela. Lokhu kuba sengozini kutholakale ngesonto eledlule futhi akukalungiswa yiMicrosoft uqobo. Okwamanje umbhali wezindaba ubhale kuphela ngokutholwa kwakhe futhi ushicilele umbhalo ofakazela lokho akushoyo.
Ngenkathi iMicrosoft yethula isilinganiso esithile sokulungisa lokhu kushoda ohlelweni lwayo, uCasey Smith ukuvezile lokho kungenzeka ukhubaze i-Regsvr32.exe ne-Regsvr64.exe usebenzisa i-firewall kohlelo olusebenzayo uqobo.