Protect your Windows devices against Spectre and Meltdown
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Excellent post. I was finally able to find the page providing the fix for my laptop. There are already fixes available for newer pcs. But according to the page a fix for my HP Elitebook 8770w will be available on January 24th. It is reassuring to know that a fix will be available for my pc and at the same time its not reassuring to know that your computer will remain vulnerable until that date!
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Stupid question. And where have you registered real attacks Meltdown & Specter?
Microsoft with its patches KPTI destroyed a third of the value of my computer. Another 6 months ago I watched 4k-HEVC 10 bits with output in color space P010. Today barely through NV12 and the fan roars like an airplane. I think there is a frank and insolent collusion between Intel and the software manufacturers with the aim to quickly sell the stale procsors, spur demand and make the whole world buy new equipment. Thieves - that Microsoft, that Intel. Personally, I restore my MSIGT60-2PE system as of December 2017, then I turn off all network interfaces. I'll go to the Internet from the old laptop with Windows 7.
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ASUS have new BIOS incl the new update for some of their boards. Here is a review and benchmark of a PC running a z370 ASUS board. It looks like us with NVMe is going to take quite a hit . Benchmark is made with and without new BIOS but with Microsofts newest update.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbhK...ature=youtu.be
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I see NVidia has driver updates for its graphics cards to cope with Spectre etc. Not seen that mentioned anywhere.
bob Frost
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Thanks for the heads up. I have been keeping my beasties all up to date for EVERYTHING :)
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I just read about this today; however I'm a bit lost, basically my windows 7 will be -35% performance (recorded on my Win7, after some of those very patches. Apparently these nice helpful patches are creating a slight slowing of performance to a complete hell for some. Please do post if or not this is taking place with your systems or if it's just me being very unlucky yet again.
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Stupid question. And where have you registered real attacks Meltdown & Specter?
Microsoft with its patches KPTI destroyed a third of the value of my computer. Another 6 months ago I watched 4k-HEVC 10 bits with output in color space P010. Today barely through NV12 and the fan roars like an airplane. I think there is a frank and insolent collusion between Intel and the software manufacturers with the aim to quickly sell the stale procsors, spur demand and make the whole world buy new equipment. Thieves - that Microsoft, that Intel. Personally, I restore my MSIGT60-2PE system as of December 2017, then I turn off all network interfaces. I'll go to the Internet from the old laptop with Windows 7.
There are sites (like MDL) that have already emulated/proved how easy it is to implement Spectre attacks. It's a real threat.
I just read about this today; however I'm a bit lost, basically my windows 7 will be -35% performance (recorded on my Win7, after some of those very patches. Apparently these nice helpful patches are creating a slight slowing of performance to a complete hell for some. Please do post if or not this is taking place with your systems or if it's just me being very unlucky yet again.
Win 7 users should be aware of it's overall vulnerability rather than be too concerned about performance hits, IMHO.
Source: A worthy upgrade: Next-gen security on Windows 10 proves resilient against ransomware outbreaks in 2017 Microsoft Secure