Microsoft issues emergency Windows security update – install it NOW!
The advice to users is to make sure your device is kept up to date and install any security or software updates that are released over the coming days.
In order for the bug to patched completely Microsoft and other tech companies are waiting on firmware updates from the Intel, AMD and ARM, which are in the process of being rolled out to users.
Numerous other Games News portals have been testing the latest Windows patch.
At the time this article was published, PCs running anti-virus from the following vendors are not able to receive the patch automatically: BitDefender, Carbon Black, Cisco, CrowdStrike, Cylance, Cyren, Endgame, Fortinet, G-DATA, McAfee, Nyotron, Palo-Alto, SentinelOne, Sophos, Trend Micro, VIPRE and Webroot.
While it is good news that Microsoft has already taken steps to help protect against the bug, these new updates only go some way to fixing the issue.
Microsoft had originally meant to include patches as part of its regularly scheduled Patch Tuesday update on January 9, but it released out-of-band patches on January 3, which are now available to users via the regular Windows Update mechanism.
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Windows 10's built-in Windows Defender and Windows 7's free but not built-in Microsoft Security Essentials are compatible with the update, according to Microsoft.
"Intel believes its products are the most secure in the world and that, with the support of its partners, the current solutions to this issue provide the best possible security for its customers".
Microsoft yesterday released the Meltdown and Spectre fixes as part of cumulative update for the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update, labelled KB4056892, which brings the OS Build up to 16299.192. "We have not received any information to indicate that these vulnerabilities had been used to attack our customers", Microsoft said in a statement.
CPUs can leak data when unwinding unused speculative execution paths. One of the security researchers said the bugs are "going to haunt us for years".
A serious security memory problem in all Intel chips has led to Linux's developers resetting how to deal with memory.
A side-effect of the patch may be to slow down some systems, although Microsoft claims "for most consumer devices, the impact may not be noticeable".
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