Zak Doffman has covered security, surveillance and privacy on Forbes since 2018, focusing on the latest updates from the world’s largest tech companies, staying safe on smartphones and social media, and the dangers of AI.
Updated on October 21 with details of a new Windows 11 upgrade workaround for older PCs, and the latest on Microsoft’s new blue screen of death update warnings. The article was originally published on October 19.” threat just three months ago has now prompted a third warning from the US government to update or stop using PCs. By exploiting old code buried under the covers of today’s Windows systems,warns is “an unspecified spoofing vulnerability which can lead to a loss of confidentiality.
, now just a year away from end-of-life meaning end of support, which will cut off those users from updates such as this. Worse,Check Point Given that risk, that the original fixes for the MSHTML threat may have been “insufficient,” all Windows users should update now, ensuring that October’s Patch Tuesday updates are applied. There are clearly multiple active threats in the wild exploiting this “previously unknown” threat, and that will only get worse. Which also means that if you’re already out of support or may find yourself there in October 2025—with Windows 10’s end-of-life, you should consider your options.
The workaround won’t perform a clean install, but it will enable an upgrade. “The app offers all ‘working methods to bypass the restrictions for installing Windows 11 24H2 on unsupported hardware,’ according to the developer.”
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