[Estreeter]

Wimbo77 started this thread in the help section about the Meltdown and Spectre problem
http://vintage-erotica-forum.com/sho...18#post4294718

And , umm

Originally Posted by buttsie

Intel will patch all recent chips by the end of January
90 percent of recent processors affected by Meltdown/Spectre will see fixes this week.

There's still no word on a timeline for when affected processors made more than five years ago will be patched.

9th January 2018
https://www.engadget.com/2018/01/08/...ecurity-patch/

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Windows Meltdown-Spectre patches: If you haven't got them, blame your antivirus
Microsoft says your antivirus software could stop you from receiving the emergency patches issued for Windows.

Liam Tung
By Liam Tung | January 4, 2018 --

http://www.zdnet.com/article/windows...our-antivirus/

Originally Posted by Estreeter

Semi off topic

There was an update for Mac users today for this issue,
Was gonna be gone for a few hours today so I did it while gone, came back some 5 hours later and was all done so don't know how long it took but everything seems to be operating OK

Originally Posted by buttsie

You wont be needing that imac pro then

You've got to love MS

The one group who werent even affected by the chip debacle , those with AMD CPUs
get a blue screen of death invitation from MS via windows updates

They actually think their updates are a big help

History says their as good as malware all too often

Buttsie, true I don't need an iMac Pro, but I will get one