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<blockquote data-quote="XhenEd" data-source="post: 705661" data-attributes="member: 19498">Meltdown and Spectre aren&#039;t viruses (or malware), though. They are vulnerabilities on the hardware level that can be exploited using malware. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite109" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />But yeah, maybe, they are overly magnified by the media. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite109" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />But, I don&#039;t believe that Meltdown and Spectre are a result of a conspiracy so that consumers will buy new hardware. Like what [USER=63961]@bribon77[/USER] stated, major companies (Intel and AMD) have no new chips yet which they could advertise as having no Meltdown/Spectre vulnerabilities. In fact, Intel&#039;s newly released 8th Gen has the vulnerabilities. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite109" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="XhenEd, post: 705661, member: 19498"] Meltdown and Spectre [I]aren't[/I] viruses (or malware), though. They are [I]vulnerabilities on the hardware level[/I] that can be exploited using malware. :) But yeah, maybe, they are overly magnified by the media. :) But, I don't believe that Meltdown and Spectre are a result of a conspiracy so that consumers will buy new hardware. Like what [USER=63961]@bribon77[/USER] stated, major companies (Intel and AMD) have no new chips yet which they could advertise as having no Meltdown/Spectre vulnerabilities. In fact, Intel's newly released 8th Gen has the vulnerabilities. :) [/QUOTE]

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