Strange HTTP GET requests from IP 150.70.x.x and IP 62.24.x.x

Recently I started to notice that one of our sites gets strange HTTP GET requests from two IP ranges: 150.70.x.x and IP 62.24.x.x. The short version of this goes as follows: we have web service when users can submit results via HTTP GET request. For example: http://www.example.com/service?guid={BEDC2C9A-C5E6-4766-B57C-7CC07BB26F59}&result=x Each (next) user/request gets a new GUID, like: …

Call to OpenFileDialog or SaveFileDialog hangs or freezes

Today I was debugging a very strange issue when call to OpenFileDialog and SaveFileDialog hanged, froze, never returned… At first I thought the problem is, that call is made from SysTray (Notification area) hidden window. However, digging deeper things got more bizarre. I found a thread in MS forum, where was a workaround – add …

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