Intel's Spectre patch created its own problems, so Microsoft put out an update to fix it
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/01/29/microsoft-issues-update-to-disable-intels-buggy-spectre-patch.html
Microsoft issued an emergency security update on Monday to plug Intel Corp's buggy Spectre firmware patch after the chipmaker's fix caused computers to reboot more often than normal.
Microsoft said it was rolling out an out-of-band update that specifically disables Intel's Spectre variant 2 patch.
Intel's Spectre patch created its own problems, so Microsoft put out an update to fix it
Jan 30, 2018, 5:19am UTC
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/01/29/microsoft-issues-update-to-disable-intels-buggy-spectre-patch.html
>Microsoft issued an emergency security update on Monday to plug Intel Corp's buggy Spectre firmware patch after the chipmaker's fix caused computers to reboot more often than normal.
>Microsoft said it was rolling out an out-of-band update that specifically disables Intel's Spectre variant 2 patch.