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Title: [URGENT] Compatibility with the Microsoft's patch for Meltdown and Spectre
Post by: nelyok7 on January 04, 2018, 04:33:06 PM

Hi all,

You migth have come across with headlines like Meltdown and Spectre affect severely to devices with Intel, AMD or ARM worldwide. Microsoft will send a patch to fix the vulnerability, but today an article pops out: (see here: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4072699/important-information-regarding-the-windows-security-updates-released (https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4072699/important-information-regarding-the-windows-security-updates-released)) Microsoft won't send the patch to computers with antivirus programs that may cause a Blue Screen of Death as the detect the update as a suspicious Kernel request. Is Avast compatible with the patch? Will the Avast team update the program or take any action in order to face this huge issue?

Thanks in advance

Title: Re: [URGENT] Compatibility with the Microsoft's patch for Meltdown and Spectre
Post by: Alikhan on January 04, 2018, 04:37:35 PM

https://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=212664.0

Title: Re: [URGENT] Compatibility with the Microsoft's patch for Meltdown and Spectre
Post by: nelyok7 on January 04, 2018, 04:38:10 PM

Thanks for the reference