#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:
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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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