Intel CPU Are Getting Mystery “Critical” Security Updates


Jabiru

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I wonder what ordinary computer users can do to protect themselves while the fix is being worked on.
 

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@Haydon It is probably no big deal for ordinary computer users and only a very few CPU's are known to be venerable at the moment.
BTW your profile OS is showing as Windows 10
 

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    Alienware Area 51m R2
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    10th Gen i-9 10900 K
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    32Gb Dual Channel DDR4 @ 8843MHz
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    Nvidia RTX 2080 Super
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    Nvidia
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    1920 x 1080
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    Hard Drive C: Samsung 2TB SSD PM981a NVMe
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    Chrome
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    Norton
BTW your profile OS is showing as Windows 10
That's one of the machines that I access this site with, and the site's system filled that in to my own surprise. I left it alone, it's OK.
 

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