Microsoft Says No More Windows Security Updates Unless AVs Set a Registry Key (bleepingcomputer.com)

Catalin Cimpanu, reporting for BleepingComputer: Microsoft has added a new and very important detail on the support page describing incompatibilities between antivirus (AV) products and the recent Windows Meltdown and Spectre patches. According to an update added this week, Microsoft says that Windows users will not receive the January 2018 Patch Tuesday security updates, or any subsequent Patch Tuesday security updates, unless the antivirus program they are using becomes compatible with the Windows Meltdown and Spectre patches. The way antivirus programs become compatible is by updating their product and then adding a special registry key to the Windows Registry. The presence of this registry key tells the Windows OS the AV product is compatible and will trigger the Windows Update that installs the Meltdown and Spectre patches that address critical flaws in the design of modern CPUs.

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Re:Now windows malware will mess with that key to

[bondsbw]

You have bigger problems than a registry key if the malware has root.

Re: As a Linux user

[Anonymous Coward]

sudo yes > /dev/hda

Nope, first of all /dev/hda won't exist, we moved on to sda and mmcblk a good decade ago. But more importantly the sudo applies to the yes command, not to the redirect, so all you are doing is running 'yes' as root and then trying to write to the dev as an ordinary user.

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