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ESET can help stop malware that in the future may use Spectre and Meltdown vulnerabilities

January 8, 2018

Applies to: All ESET products The Spectre and Meltdown vulnerabilities, published on January 3, 2018, are byproducts of optimization techniques designed to increase the performance of modern processors. ESET products are some of the first to offer full compatibility with Microsoft emergency patches that help protect against these issues. Apple has also released mitigations for the macOS, … More ESET can help stop malware that in the future may use Spectre and Meltdown vulnerabilities

Meltdown and Spectre CPU Vulnerabilities: What You Need to Know

January 5, 2018

NOTE:   Microsoft released Security Advisory 18002 on Wednesday, January 3, 2018 to mitigate a major vulnerability to Windows in modern CPU architectures. ESET released Antivirus and Antispyware module 1533.3 the same day to all customers to ensure that use of our products would not affect compatibility with Microsoft’s patch. Background The first few days of 2018 have been … More Meltdown and Spectre CPU Vulnerabilities: What You Need to Know