slopes Posted April 30, 2018 Report Share Posted April 30, 2018 Are Microsoft updates for this sufficient for windows 7 and windows 10? It seems that only Windows 10 has a patch for variant 2 ? I have read that a firmware update (AMD) is required? So much out there on this to dig through Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 2, 2018 Report Share Posted May 2, 2018 Hi, Till now, you are protected with emsisoft with bitdefender leading antimalware engine against meltdown and spectre vulnerabilities. As far as I know intel and amd have issued update regarding these vulnerabilities which are automatically downloaded from windows update. Talking about AMD - below is the write up by AMD: https://www.amd.com/en/corporate/security-updates https://www.amd.com/en/corporate/speculative-execution-previous-updates#paragraph-337801 On 5/1/2018 at 3:29 AM, slopes said: It seems that only Windows 10 has a patch for variant 2 ? Well it seems true that patch 2 variant is not available for windows 7 till now as far as I checked over the internet. Well then we are only left with the below options: * Update your operating system (Windows Update) * Check for firmware updates (Update drivers from manufacturer website) * Update your browser * Update other software (3rd party software) * Keep your antivirus active (MOST IMPORTANT) I hope this helps Regards Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 3, 2018 Report Share Posted May 3, 2018 Also Software company Ashampoo have created tool to check for Meltdown and Spectre vulnerability. https://www.ashampoo.com/en/usd/pin/1304/security-software/spectre-meltdown-cpu-checker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slopes Posted May 7, 2018 Author Report Share Posted May 7, 2018 On 5/2/2018 at 9:59 AM, pupbuster said: Hi, Till now, you are protected with emsisoft with bitdefender leading antimalware engine against meltdown and spectre vulnerabilities. As far as I know intel and amd have issued update regarding these vulnerabilities which are automatically downloaded from windows update. Talking about AMD - below is the write up by AMD: https://www.amd.com/en/corporate/security-updates https://www.amd.com/en/corporate/speculative-execution-previous-updates#paragraph-337801 Well it seems true that patch 2 variant is not available for windows 7 till now as far as I checked over the internet. Well then we are only left with the below options: * Update your operating system (Windows Update) * Check for firmware updates (Update drivers from manufacturer website) * Update your browser * Update other software (3rd party software) * Keep your antivirus active (MOST IMPORTANT) I hope this helps Regards Thanks Pupbuster Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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