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Re: [tor-bugs] #18935 [Applications/Tor Browser]: MS bugs - Danger! Windows updates break everything on their way!

#18935: MS bugs - Danger! Windows updates break everything on their way!
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 Reporter:  bugzilla                  |          Owner:  tbb-team
     Type:  defect                    |         Status:  closed
 Priority:  High                      |      Milestone:
Component:  Applications/Tor Browser  |        Version:
 Severity:  Critical                  |     Resolution:  duplicate
 Keywords:  tbb-crash                 |  Actual Points:
Parent ID:                            |         Points:
 Reviewer:                            |        Sponsor:
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Comment (by cypherpunks):

 Fucking Microsoft! It made Firefox more than 10x times slower with its
 recent messy patching efforts!
 Starting this year, you need 3rd-party support to figure out what the hell
 happens with Windows Updates, e.g.
 https://support.symantec.com/en_US/article.INFO4782.html
 Because doing nothing, you can end up with no updates at all! One of the
 official statements says: "In cases where customers can't install or run
 antivirus software, Microsoft recommends manually setting the registry key
 as described below in order to receive the latest Windows security
 updates."
 Every month brings new crappy updates to broader categories of systems
 https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/microsoft-removes-
 antivirus-registry-key-check-for-windows-10-users/
 This makes determining when it will affect you almost impossible. But some
 reports appeared even before that hell, see
 https://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/firefox-emet-eaf-slowness-fix.html
 And this situation tends to be worse with no response from Microsoft!
 https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/security/en-US/ef778e3e-
 89f0-4127-aea8-cef59036c480/emet-552-windows-7-sp1-eaf-and-performance-
 degradation?forum=emet
 But the real hell will start sooner than later!
 https://www.heise.de/ct/artikel/Exclusive-Spectre-NG-Multiple-new-Intel-
 CPU-flaws-revealed-several-serious-4040648.html

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