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KB4078130 : Emergency Windows Update To Disable Intel Spectre Patches! - PCSTATS.com KB4078130 : Emergency Windows Update To Disable Intel Spectre Patches!
Mon, Jan 29 2018 | 4:00PM | Filed under: Operating System| PermaLink Posted by: STAFF

You may recall our extensive coverage of Intel’s buggy Spectre 2 patches that were causing random and spontaneous reboots in over 800 CPU models. It’s gotten so bad that Microsoft was forced to issue KB4078130 – an emergency update to disable the Intel Spectre 2 mitigations that were causing the spontaneous reboots.

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