Microsoft withdraws Spectre and Meltdown patch that’s borking AMD machines

As we look forward to the ‘Skyfall’ and ‘Casino Royale’ vulnerabilities

Chris Merriman 09 January 2018

https://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/3024061/microsofts-withdraws-spectre-and-meltdown-patch-thats-borking-amd-machines

If your computer runs on AMD processor (instead of Intel) and has Windows 10, you might want to delay the anti-virus installation. 

MICROSOFT HAS POINTED the finger of blame in the direction of AMD after update designed to protect against the recent Meltdown and Spectre vulnerabilities started bricking machines using the company’s processors.

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more on Meltdown and Spectre in this IMS blog
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=spectre