{"id":126,"date":"2019-08-23T09:50:19","date_gmt":"2019-08-23T09:50:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.systoolsgroup.com\/blog\/?p=126"},"modified":"2025-06-17T07:47:07","modified_gmt":"2025-06-17T07:47:07","slug":"update-your-os-immediately-a-warning-by-microsoft-to-windows-10-users","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.systoolsgroup.com\/blog\/update-your-os-immediately-a-warning-by-microsoft-to-windows-10-users\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Update Your OS Immediately\u2019 \u2013 A Warning By Microsoft to Windows 10 Users"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><em>New York \u2014 Microsoft issued a security alert to update Windows 10 \u201cIMMEDIATELY\u201d because of two critical vulnerabilities.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A message was posted recently on the company&#8217;s blog in which Simon Pope, Microsoft Director of Incident Response stated:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>\u201cAbout 800 million Windows 10 users were potentially at risk of being infected by a virus and this virus could be transmitted from one infected computer to another even without any user action. All the clients who have enabled automatic updates are already automatically protected\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Microsoft engineers discovered two CRITICAL system vulnerabilities that can rival the previous \u201cBlueKeep\u201d crisis. This bug could lead users to new issues like \u201cdeworming\u201d, which means the malware could be spread from one machine to another even without any user interaction.<\/p>\n<div class=\"alert alert-success\"><strong>But, the Good News is&#8230;<\/strong><br \/>\nComputers still using Windows XP are out of risk, unlike the BlueKeep bug.<\/div>\n<h2><strong>So, Microsoft Asked its Users to Update Their Windows 10 \u2018Immediately\u2019<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Windows 10 is a globally popular desktop operating system and as per Net Marketshare, more than 800 million digital devices are using it. Lately, while running a simple security test, Microsoft engineers detected some &#8220;critical&#8221; vulnerabilities that are potentially &#8220;problematic and could damage\/ infect millions of Windows 10 machines. It was like the BlueKeep bug, which was a malicious code that allows hackers to control the affected systems.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-147\" src=\"https:\/\/www.systoolsgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/microsoft-bug-tracking-breach.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"728\" height=\"380\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Therefore, Microsoft launched a patch to protect millions of computers and urge its clients to update their Windows 10 version as soon as possible. Precisely, this updated package is specially designed to defend systems from some serious vulnerabilities in Windows 10 among which two are just like the BlueKeep vulnerability discovered in earlier Windows versions this year.<\/p>\n<div class=\"alert alert-info\"><em>Do you know\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.systoolsgroup.com\/blog\/microsoft-renamed-office-online-to-just-office\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Microsoft is Renaming Office Online to Just Office<\/a>?<\/em><\/div>\n<h3><strong>This is How You Can Update Your PC&#8217;s Operating System<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">If you have enabled automatic updates on your Windows 10 computer then, that\u2019s good because you\u2019re protected already. But, if in case, you are one of those who update their machine manually, then, you have to protect your crucial information and this can be done via installing the latest security update for Windows 10. Below are the instructions to update your system:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Open your Windows 10 <strong>Start<\/strong> menu and search <strong>Settings<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2022 Select <strong>Update and Security &gt;&gt; Windows Update<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-129\" src=\"https:\/\/www.systoolsgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/1-1.webp\" alt=\"windows-10-update\" width=\"800\" height=\"433\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Check <strong>Updates Available<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2022 If new updates are waiting to be installed then, <strong>Download<\/strong> them<\/p>\n<div class=\"alert alert-info\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Alert:<\/strong> In order to make downloaded updates take effect, you have to restart your PC and wait for the installation of the update on the computer.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New York \u2014 Microsoft issued a security alert to update Windows 10 \u201cIMMEDIATELY\u201d because of two critical vulnerabilities. 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