Security alert - "Meltdown" and "Spectre"

[LynnInDenver]

Please note that the list I provided in the original post in this thread did not include "flash your BIOS".

To be fair, that recommendation has been coming from other sources. And the results have been, again, showing one of the reasons getting people to patch religiously is difficult, and that's the problem of patches badly breaking things that were working just fine before patching.

Do note that we have two computers in the house that do NOT get patches... but that's in part because the decision was made that those computers also don't get to partake in our network, as their purpose in the house doesn't require any sort of network connection. And since they're turned on only a couple of times a month, at the most, it's easier to deal with if we don't have to remember to go down and turn them on for Patch Tuesday.