Hello everyone
According to the article listed below there is a Vulnerability in Intel processors. And this is a serious one. It would require Acer to provide BIOS Updates for a LOT of Laptops including VX15 / Predator / Aspire and so on. Even servers with XEON Chips are affected and therefore no longer secure. This is not a fault of Acer but a fault of Intel. Yet Acer will have to provide BIOS Updates to close the Vulnerability.
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/11/20/intel_flags_firmware_flaws/On the page listed below you can download a small program written by Intel to find out if your Intel CPU is affected. For example: I own an Aspire VX 15 / 591G and I ran the small program and yes... unfortunately my Acer Aspire is affected by this vulnerability. This is bad! It leaves the CPU with an open backdoor through which hackers could potentially enter and take control without the installed Operating System realizing what, and that potentially something very bad is happening to the computer.
https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/articles/000025619/software.htmlI have at the moment the newest BIOS installed for the Aspire VX15 Version 1.06 But given the date of this BIOS 26/07/2017 This new Vulnerability might not be corrected yet.
ACER I need an answer from you urgently. Because only you can fix the mistake Intel made. Thank you very much.
