#18935: MS bugs - Danger! Windows updates break everything on their way! --------------------------------------+--------------------------- 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: --------------------------------------+---------------------------
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 -- Ticket URL: <https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/18935#comment:26> Tor Bug Tracker & Wiki <https://trac.torproject.org/> The Tor Project: anonymity online
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