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Intel asks not to install security patches for Specter, due to the problems it generates

Intel asks users to avoid installing updates that address the Specter and Meltdown vulnerabilities, as they cause forced reboots and system instability.

The start of the year for Intel is being very difficult for the company, due to Specter and Meltdown. The vulnerability is giving the company many problems, so much so that Intel has requested that the security patches released for Specter not be installed. This recommendation is given after thousands of users complain of problems after implementing the update. Computers restarting or not starting and other problems. The company, which has known about these problems for two weeks, has asked that the systems not be updated.

Intel is working on a special patch, which would fix all the problems in one fell swoop. The company intends to fix the Specter vulnerability once and for all and also prevent the computer from experiencing reboots after 'identifying the root cause' of the problems. The problems are known to occur in Coffee Lake, Kaby Lake and Skylake, as well as Broadwell and Haswell. It is speculated that the delay of the Ice Lake, based on 10nm, have been delayed to solve this problem. Intel has not given data on when this new update will arrive.

Regarding Intel's statements in this regard, we have rescued the following: 'We recommend that original equipment manufacturers, cloud service providers, system manufacturers, software providers and end users stop implementing current versions, as they may exhibit unexpected reboots and other unpredictable system behavior '

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Robert Sole

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