What can I do to protect my PC from the Meltdown and Spectre flaws?
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/askjack/2018/jan/25/what-can-i-do-to-protect-my-pc-from-meltdown-spectre-flaws
John has an old Sony Vaio PC that seems unlikely to receive a firmware update. Should he replace it?
My Microsoft Surface Book is protected against the Meltdown and Spectre security flaws, but my Sony Vaio Pro remains vulnerable to Spectre. Both laptops run Windows 10 and have been updated via Windows Update. The Surface Book’s BIOS has also been updated by Microsoft, but there is no BIOS update for the Vaio – and, I suspect, for millions of other machines.
What can I do to protect my PC from the Meltdown and Spectre flaws?
Jan 25, 2018, 1:29pm UTC
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/askjack/2018/jan/25/what-can-i-do-to-protect-my-pc-from-meltdown-spectre-flaws
>John has an old Sony Vaio PC that seems unlikely to receive a firmware update. Should he replace it?
>My Microsoft Surface Book is protected against the Meltdown and Spectre security flaws, but my Sony Vaio Pro remains vulnerable to Spectre. Both laptops run Windows 10 and have been updated via Windows Update. The Surface Book’s BIOS has also been updated by Microsoft, but there is no BIOS update for the Vaio – and, I suspect, for millions of other machines.