Bkav released a free detection tool for Meltdown and Specter
Bkav has released a free tool that checks whether the browser and the user's computer are also suffering from Specter and Meldown errors.
Specter and Meldown are two serious security vulnerabilities that affect the processing chip of every computer, phone and cloud device produced in the last 20 years. These two vulnerabilities can be exploited by javascript code through the browser when accessing the web. Hackers can take advantage of these two vulnerabilities to read sensitive information in the operating system's memory and other programs.
Developers have released many patches and to ensure safety you should update Windows patches. To check if your browser and computer are patched, users can use Bkav's free online testing tool (http://www.bkav.com.vn/meltdown) .
If your browser and computer have not patched the vulnerability, you need to update the antivirus software before updating the patch because only when the antivirus software is compatible will Microsoft update.
To check the compatibility of the software, you can visit here.
- Overview of vulnerabilities on Intel, AMD, ARM chips: Meltdown and Specter
- Intel released a new patch to fix the Specter and Meltdown vulnerabilities
- Microsoft released an emergency patch for Windows, turned off the Specter patch, causing a drop in system performance
- Microsoft released a series of non-bootable patches for Windows 10 on PCs with AMD chips
- List of links to download BIOS updates for Meltdown and Specter
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- Microsoft rewards $ 250,000 for any talent that discovers the new Meltdown and Specter vulnerabilities
- This is a way to protect Linux Mint from Meltdown and Specter
- Apple confirmed that all Mac and iOS devices are affected by Meltdown and Specter
- How to protect your computer against Meltdown and Specter security errors
- Microsoft released an update for Surface, protecting it from Meltdown and Specter
- Intel released a new patch to fix the Specter and Meltdown vulnerabilities
- Overview of vulnerabilities on Intel, AMD, ARM chips: Meltdown and Specter
- New dangerous vulnerability in Intel CPU: Works like Specter and Meltdown, threatening all PCs and the cloud
- How to protect the computer against Meltdown vulnerability on CPU?
- Intel will stop releasing patches for the Specter v2 security hole on some older CPUs
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