The best answer, of course, is to not use windows for anything that needs to be secure.
Edit: For those who think I’m wrong, cool. I’m not but you are welcome to disagree.
Linux admins here: Quiet nods and knowing looks.
Windows admins here: quiet awkward glances at each other to see if anyone wants to defend MS today.
Mac admins here: quiet awkward glances to see if anyone feels like this was any better than a coin toss chance of happening just to Macs, today, instead.
Theoretically, this could hit Linux too. You could run a Linux kernel mod containing closed source stuff from a third party vendor which causes the system to kernel panic. The difference is really cultural. Linux admins would howl at that kind of setup, whereas for Windows it’s more standard.
Theoretically, this could hit Linux too. You could run a Linux kernel mod containing closed source stuff from a third party vendor which causes the system to kernel panic. The difference is really cultural. Linux admins would howl at that kind of setup, whereas for Windows it’s more standard.