Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 are updated to correct the bugs caused by the patch that protected them against Specter V2

It's been a while since we heard your name. Specter returns to the public scene thanks to Microsoft, as the American company is now launching an update aimed at correcting a problem generated by the patch that blocked Specter on computers that have Windows 7 and Windows 8.1.

Users of both systems have been complaining for some time about the problems that the previous patch released by Microsoft to address the security breach was causing on their computerswhich led to the arrival of Specter in the second version.

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Both Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 were patched to protect against the Meltdown and Specter vulnerabilities. Everything was going well and they even received a new update intended to cover the security hole of a new variant called Specter Variant 2 And this was the beginning of the problems. "

Despite the fact that said patch resolved the security problem, users who installed it on their computers, in which they had one of these versions of Windows as an operating system, noted how The processor was always running at excessive speed This resulted in higher energy consumption and an increase in the temperature of the equipment.

This also caused a drop in performance in daily tasks, something that raised the voices of those affected. And Microsoft has been slow, but has finally released the necessary patches to correct the problem.

In the case of Windows 8.1, it has received patch KB4467697 and KB4467703 with the following changes and fixes:

• Fixes issue that causes high CPU usage to degrade performance on some systems with AMD processors. This issue occurred after installing the July 2018 Windows updates from Microsoft and the microcode updates from AMD that address Specter Variant 2.
• An additional update is added that improves the security of Windows App Platform and Frameworks, Windows Graphics, Internet Explorer, Windows Wireless Networking, Windows Kernel, and Windows Server.

In the case of Windows 7, the security patch has the number KB4467107 and unlike the one released for Windows 8.1, Microsoft does warn us of a problem that can occur when installing it.

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This update should be delivered automatically to computers running any of the affected versions of Windows, and if not Once the update notification has been received, there is no choice but to access the Configuration Menu path and look for Update and security and then click on Check for updates."

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