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The mess behind Microsoft’s yanked UEFI patch KB 4524244

Posted on February 20, 2020 at 07:04 CST by woody • Comment in the Forums

Yes, Microsoft signed the buggy Kaspersky bootloader/rootkit. But there’s a good reason why. And Kaspersky is quite justified in saying the problems with the KB 4524244 patch aren’t their fault.

Here’s how the sausage was made — and how it turned to tripe.

Details in Computerworld Woody on Windows.

Windows Patches/Security February 2020 Black Tuesday, KB 4524244

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