Your antivirus could prevent you from receiving the windows patch for meltdown and specter
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- Your antivirus could prevent you from receiving the Windows patch for Meltdown and Specter
- Your antivirus could prevent you from installing the security patch
The discovery of the two security flaws detected in modern processors has put the entire world in check. Under the name of Meltdown and Specter, these security flaws affect millions of users worldwide. Fortunately, operating systems have been quick to offer a solution. Since both Windows, Linux and MacOS have released solutions to these problems. However, in the case of Windows there could be problems.
Your antivirus could prevent you from receiving the Windows patch for Meltdown and Specter
The American company has commented that compatibility problems have been detected with some antivirus. So when it comes to installing the solution to Meltdown and Specter, the antivirus may not allow it to take place. It appears that the problem stems from calls to the operating system kernel.
Okay there is another VERY IMPORTANT THING with Microsoft Meltdown patches - "Customers will not receive these security updates and will not be protected from security vulnerabilities unless their anti-virus software vendor sets the following registry key"
- Kevin Beaumont (@GossiTheDog) January 4, 2018
Your antivirus could prevent you from installing the security patch
For this reason, Microsoft is going to offer this security patch from Windows Update to computers whose antivirus does not have this problem. They have confirmed that they will do this with those companies whose software is compatible with the operating system updates released in January. So there may be users who see how it is impossible to install said patch.
In the event that this occurs, the manufacturer must be contacted or the antivirus must be updated to the latest available version. It seems that in many cases it is enough to solve the problem. But, in case it doesn't work, you have to contact the manufacturer directly. At the moment, not all antivirus have solved this failure.
Therefore, it is extremely important to have an antivirus that is compatible with the security patch. Otherwise, the user may face problems. The Microsoft support page offers more information about it. You can read it all here.
Intel releases security patch for specter and meltdown
Intel has released a press release stating that it has successfully developed and released an update for all types of Intel-based computer systems.
Nvidia also wants to protect you from meltdown and specter
New drivers released by Nvidia include the ability to protect users from the Specter and Meltdown vulnerability.
Chrome 64 protects you from meltdown and specter
Chrome 64 is now available to protect users from the Meltdown and Specter vulnerabilities, it is loaded with additional novelties.
