Standalone Win10 Meltdown and Spectre Patch Available

Got a Microsoft Security Advisory Notification. Just passing this along. I am NOT recommending you install it. At least not yet anyway.

As of this writing the KB referenced below is a dead link. One working link is here:
https://support.microsoft.com/te-in/help/4090007/intel-microcode-updates

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Title: Microsoft Security Advisory Notification
Issued: March 1, 2018
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Security Advisories Released or Updated on March 1
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* Microsoft Security Advisory ADV180002

– Title: Guidance to mitigate speculative execution side-channel
vulnerabilities
– https:https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/
advisory/ADV180002
– Reason for Revision: Added FAQ#14 to announce that a stand-alone
update for Windows 10 Version 1709 is available via the Microsoft
Update Catalog. This update includes microcode updates from Intel.
See Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 4090007 (https://support.
microsoft.com/en-us/help/4090007/intel-microcode-updates) for
more information.
– Originally posted: January 3, 2018
– Updated: March 1, 2018
– Version: 13.0