Microsoft: prohibits updates to uncertified antivirus

Microsoft will not allow you to install future updates μέχρι η εταιρεία ανάπτυξης του λογισμικού ασφαλείας που χρησιμοποιείτε να ορίσει ένα συγκεκριμένο κλειδί μητρώου που πιστοποιεί τη συμβατότητα της εφαρμογής με τα Windows.

As part of security updates for CPU Meltdown attacks and , η Microsoft απαίτησε από όλους τους προμηθευτές εφαρμογών ασφαλείας να επιβεβαιώσουν τη συμβατότητα με τις διορθώσεις στην CPU και στη συνέχεια να ορίσουν ένα κλειδί μητρώου στα προϊόντα τους που πιστοποιεί τη συμβατότητα. Χωρίς αυτό το κλειδί, η ενημερωμένη έκδοση ασφαλείας της Microsoft απλά δεν θα εγκατασταθεί.Microsoft

Microsoft clarified that this new rule will apply to all future security updates. This means that you are using incompatible third-party antivirus will not be protected from future Microsoft updates.

"Customers will not receive security updates from January 2018 (or any subsequent security updates) and will not be protected against security vulnerabilities unless the antivirus software vendor sets the following registry key," notes on its support page. Microsoft. (we attach the key below in .reg format, for those who need it)

While testing the fixes for the attacks, Microsoft discovered that some antiviruses were making "unsupported calls to Windows kernel memory." So many were the ones who noticed BSOD after applying the update. To avoid this particular problem, the company announced the above regulation.

Security researcher Kevin Beaumont has compiled a list of antivirus products that are compatible with Microsoft CPU update and have correctly assigned the necessary registry key in Windows.

You can see the products that support its new requirement Microsoft from here.

However, conventional antivirus products appear to meet both requirements, and next-generation security products have confirmed compatibility.

If the security product being used is not listed you can pass the key manually, which Microsoft says should be done with great .

So we will give the key and the reg file, for those who want to do it with a double click.

Key="HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE" 
Subkey="SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\QualityCompat" 
Value="cadca5fe-87d3-4b96-b7fb-a231484277cc" Type="REG_DWORD”
Data="0x00000000”

iGuRu_QualityCompat.reg Right click, Save As

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