Note Users who do not have the affec ted Intel microcode do not have to download this update. We are also offering a new option – available for advanced users on affected devices – to manually disable and enable the mitigation against Spectre Variant 2 (CVE 2017-5715) independently through registry setting changes. Intel tells customers to stop installing Meltdown/Spectre patches due to 'unpredictable' reboot issues Intel releases benchmark results detailing Meltdown patch performance slowdown. Note Users who do not have the affec ted Intel microcode do not have to download this update. We are also offering a new option – available for advanced users on affected devices – to manually disable and enable the mitigation against Spectre Variant 2 (CVE 2017-5715) independently through registry setting changes. Security Intel says chips take 6% hit from Spectre, Meltdown fixes. Patches that fix the security flaws also make the processors run slower in some circumstances, according to Intel.
Intel has requested users stop installing its own Spectre/Malware patch after confirming the fix was causing people’s computers to shut down.
The firm says the patches, which began rolling out recently, were also resulting in unpredictable system behaviour.
In a blog post on Monday, the company advised PC and Mac users skip the update, promising a better version is coming soon.
The firm’s executive Vice President Neil Shenov wrote: “We recommend that OEMs, cloud service providers, system manufacturers, software vendors and end users stop deployment of current versions, as they may introduce higher than expected reboots and other unpredictable system behaviour.”
If you own a PC or Mac using an Intel processor and have been patiently waiting for Spectre and Meltdown patches appear on Windows Update or Mac App Store updates, you shouldn't download it.
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Spectre is still a problem that cannot be resolved with a software patch though Intel is stating otherwise. The only good news is that the Spectre bug appears to affect fewer Intel chips. As per reports, the chips that are affected by Spectre are the Intel Ivy Bridge, the Haswell and Skylake processors, and AMD Ryzen chips. No Spectre Here Intel releases new Spectre patches for Skylake chips Intel has shipped microcode updates to its industry partners with a Spectre fix for Skylake CPUs.
The company says it has identified the problems behind the bug, which potentially leaves the Broadwell, Haswell, Coffee Lake, Kaby Lake, Skylake, and Ivy Bridge chip generations open to intrusion.
The firm now working on a patch that plugs the security hole, without causing users’ PCs to randomly shut down.
Intel’s bad patch
Spectre and Meltdown expose an intrinsic flaw in the chip design that can enable a machine’s kernel memory data to be compromised. That means unencrypted material like login credentials and credit card information can be stolen.
You can see the exploit demonstrated in the Twitter video below:
The remarkable admission follows general displeasure over a performance slowdown as a result of the patches for the dangerous chip vulnerability.
It also comes after Microsoft was forced to withdraw AMD’s patch for the Spectre bug after causing users similar problems.
Data recovery specialists Gideon Research has developed an app that can help users discover whether their computer’s are vulnerable to the security flaws.
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