Is your PC vulnerable to Meltdown and Spectre CPU exploits InSpectre tells you
0Is your PC vulnerable to Meltdown and Spectre CPU exploits InSpectre tells you.
The vital information you need to know about the serious Meltdown and Spectre CPU exploits isn’t whether your PC is inherently vulnerable to them—it is—but whether your system has been patched to protect against the flaws. Finding that information isn’t easy though. You need to sift through update logs, cross-referencing them with arcane vulnerability identifiers and Microsoft Knowledge Base codes—or at least you did. Noted security researcher Steve Gibson recently released InSpectre, a wonderfully named, dead simple tool that detects if your PC is vulnerable to Meltdown and Spectre.
InSpectre is a small 122 KB program that doesn’t need a formal install and scans your computer for Meltdown and Spectre susceptibility in mere milliseconds. When it’s done, the program pops up with clear, easy-to-read information about the security status of your system.
Screenshot of InSpectre.
Scrolling down reveals a more in-depth explanation of your PC’s security situation, once again using no-nonsense language to help you understand what’s protected and what’s not. Much like Gibson’s other software, InSpectre just works. This is the sort of software Microsoft or Intel should have released to help clarify the murky, convoluted patching situation around this devastating duo of CPU exploits.