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Watch: Microsoft launches patches for major vulnerabilities in Windows 7 and 8.1

Meltdown and Spectre, two major vulnerabilities in processors from Intel, ARM, and AMD, may finally be on the way out. This week, Microsoft launched patches for the security flaws in Windows 7 and 8.1. Incompatibilities between Windows 10 drivers and anti-virus software may keep the latest version of Windows from a full fix anytime soon….

March 15, 2018, 8:49 PM UTC
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Meltdown and Spectre, two major vulnerabilities in processors from Intel, ARM, and AMD, may finally be on the way out. This week, Microsoft launched patches for the security flaws in Windows 7 and 8.1. Incompatibilities between Windows 10 drivers and anti-virus software may keep the latest version of Windows from a full fix anytime soon. But this round of patches gives 10 users cumulative protection, resolving those driver issues. Have you scanned for Spectre or Meltdown?

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