PeterC wrote:
On Mon, 15 Jan 2018 02:54:55 -0500, Paul wrote:

PeterC wrote:
On Sun, 14 Jan 2018 15:02:14 -0500, Paul wrote:

There is also some kind of Powershell command for
checking whether the identified exploits have been
patched on a system yet or not.
Ashampoo has released a ching tool called SpectreMeltdownCheck.exe - it
could be on Softpedia etc.
Is it a Registry value checker ?

Or an actual exploit tester ?

We've been promised by one of the Meltdown/Spectre
researchers, there'd be an exploit tester that
could check whether you're received some kind of
protection or not.

For the first item, there's a Powershell script.

I'm not aware of any "finished" item for the second type,
as the whole process got rushed at the last minute.

Is the Ashampoo a copy of someone elses program, or
their own creation ?

Paul

Sorry, don't know, but this should have the details:
https://www.ashampoo.com/en/usd/pin/...wn-CPU-Checker

Virustotal says it's clean, and it's a .NET program.

A Hex Editor shows it is making Powershell calls.

So it's basically piggy backing off the Microsoft program.
Which means it should be as good at it, as the Microsoft
powershell command line version.

KVAShadowWindowsSupportPresent

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/...ngs-powershell

Now, it could have actual exploit checks too, but I cannot
detect that with a hex editor.

Just a guess,
Paul