Hoping for BIOS updates for Intel processors from 2013 and 2014 has come to an end. The latest version of the optional Windows update KB4090007 from 24.04.2018<\/a> not only brings microcode updates for Coffee Lake (Core i-8000), Kaby Lake (i-7000) and Skylake (i-6000), but also for Broadwell (i-5000) and Haswell (i-4000). The update is available for both 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Windows 10 – but can still only be downloaded from the Windows Update Catalog<\/a> via an unsecured http connection. However, Windows 10 computers with Intel Atom processors still require BIOS updates.<\/p>\n The update also solves another problem: BIOS updates with supposedly new microcode updates have been released for some systems since December 2017, but the PowerShell script Get-SpeculationControl still reports no BTI protection.<\/p>\n Microsoft does not provide microcode updates for Windows 7 via Windows Update – BIOS updates are still required here. At the end of March, there were serious problems with the patches for the 64-bit versions of Windows 7 against the Meltdown vulnerability, which became known as “Total Meltdown”. However, anyone who has applied the patches from the beginning (early March) is protected against Total Meltdown.<\/p>\n A PoC (Proof of Concept)<\/a> has been published to ensure that you are protected against Total Meltdown.<\/p>\n Source: heise<\/a><\/p>\nMeltdown patches for Windows 7<\/h2>\n