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Emergency Windows Meltdown patch may be incompatible with your PC
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| January 4, 2018, 3:40 AM PST
| By Nick Heath |
Posted on 01/04/2018 10:05:16 AM PST by ImJustAnotherOkie
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The cat is officially out of the bag. In essence some Antivirus makers are taking advantage of the bug. This implies that it's been going on for a long time.
For cynics like me this is just another case of a "Back Door" gone bad.
Some Antivirus programs are giving BSOD which happens now when User Programs access System Memory.
To: visualops
ping to ya.
Perhaps this is the reason malwarebytes started acting up?
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posted on
01/04/2018 10:06:52 AM PST
by
TheStickman
(#MAGA all day every day!)
To: ImJustAnotherOkie
I would not be surprised if this was just fake news to get people to dump their old PC’s.
Meanwhile, I’m all AMD except for one old Pentium recording studio computer that never sees the internet. So I’m good...
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posted on
01/04/2018 10:07:36 AM PST
by
robroys woman
(So you're not confused, I'm male.)
To: TheStickman
"Perhaps this is the reason malwarebytes started acting up?" Can you be more specific? My malwarebytes is not quite right either.
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posted on
01/04/2018 10:10:41 AM PST
by
blam
To: robroys woman
Some newer reports are starting to include AMD in the mix too.
To: ImJustAnotherOkie
Microsoft says it was necessary to delay the update on these systems to avoid Blue Screen of Death errors that would leave the device unable to boot.Ah, 'fail-safe' -- can't boot, won't be exploited whilst online. At least, you'll have a secure doorstop...
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posted on
01/04/2018 10:16:23 AM PST
by
DJ Frisat
(Hey, what happened to my clever tag line?!)
To: blam
I have ESET NOD32 Anti-Virus, applied the latest fix & no problems.
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posted on
01/04/2018 10:17:06 AM PST
by
LiveFreeOrDie2001
( Thank GOD Hillary didn't get elected!)
To: ImJustAnotherOkie
It does not necessarily follow that any program is using the vulnerability.
This issue could be with what the antivirus programs prevent in the form of changes by Windows, of which the latest patches may address microcode updates Microsoft would never put on a system (usually separate BIOS or Intel update), because they may have to go on before Microsoft can safely reference them.
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posted on
01/04/2018 10:17:37 AM PST
by
ConservativeMind
(Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
To: ImJustAnotherOkie
I was kinda waiting for that. ;)
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posted on
01/04/2018 10:19:05 AM PST
by
robroys woman
(So you're not confused, I'm male.)
To: LiveFreeOrDie2001
"I have ESET NOD32 Anti-Virus, applied the latest fix & no problems." I checked after I posted and now it's back to normal. Thanks.
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posted on
01/04/2018 10:19:16 AM PST
by
blam
To: robroys woman
To: ImJustAnotherOkie
AMD is completely unaffected by the Meltdown concern.
No media source has said otherwise. AMD also came out and said its impossible for any of their processors to have this concern. Probably because AMD takes a safer approach that is often times slower, but robust.
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posted on
01/04/2018 10:20:55 AM PST
by
ConservativeMind
(Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
To: ImJustAnotherOkie
It’s the Russians trying to get Hitlery.
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posted on
01/04/2018 10:21:23 AM PST
by
fella
("As it was before Noah so shall it be again,")
To: ConservativeMind
Microsoft's testing revealed a "small number" of antivirus programs are making unsupported calls into Windows kernel memory, which result in blue screen of death (BSOD) errors. Like you all I know is what I read in the papers.
http://www.zdnet.com/article/windows-meltdown-spectre-patches-if-you-havent-got-them-blame-your-antivirus/
To: ImJustAnotherOkie
Are any of these “vulnerabilities” actually being exploited as of this date? And by whom?
Or is this an attempt by the chip makers and OS firms to force some hardware/software turnover through scare tactics?
How many of these “vulnerabilities” are actually discovered outside of an OEM R&D department?
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posted on
01/04/2018 10:23:44 AM PST
by
factoryrat
(We are the producers, the creators. Grow it, mine it, build it. MAGA!)
To: ConservativeMind
To: factoryrat
Microsoft's testing revealed a "small number" of antivirus programs are making unsupported calls into Windows kernel memory, which result in blue screen of death (BSOD) errors. http://www.zdnet.com/article/windows-meltdown-spectre-patches-if-you-havent-got-them-blame-your-antivirus/
To: ImJustAnotherOkie
I also have to retract my last statement. I would be reticent to buy a new computer now until computers with CPU’s without this flaw are made available. It appears that that is not coming around the corner, though.
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posted on
01/04/2018 10:28:05 AM PST
by
robroys woman
(So you're not confused, I'm male.)
To: ImJustAnotherOkie
Somewhat off topic but the Windows “Creator” update in November, knocks out sleep mode where coming out of sleep turns off the computer. Many threads on this at MS but no real solutions.
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posted on
01/04/2018 10:33:03 AM PST
by
Kent C
To: ImJustAnotherOkie
Your article says nothing about AMD having the Meltdown issue.
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posted on
01/04/2018 10:38:59 AM PST
by
ConservativeMind
(Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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