NVIDIA's GeForce 376.33 WHQL Drivers Fix Multiple Kernel Faults; Update ASAP

[InVasMani]

The goes like this: Windows got a telemetry system and that told Microsoft most of the BSOD were cause by poor drivers. Thus WHQL was born. It wasn't meant to make drivers uncrackable, but to ensure drivers don't do outright stupid things. Judging by the number of BSODs I've seen in the past years WHQL did its job rather well.
And to reiterate my point, kernel drivers could always mess up a system and were always a vector of attack. Seeing someone reporting a vulnerability is nothing out of the ordinary. Unless the driver starts competing with Flash, that is

How dare you forget to include Java guess you left them out like Trump left Twitter out of his meeting how dare he do that decide who he wants at his own meeting that presidential bastard!

 

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How dare you forget to include Java guess you left them out like Trump left Twitter out of his meeting how dare he do that decide who he wants at his own meeting that presidential bastard!

Java is fine, running on more servers than any of us cares to count. It's the Java browser plugin that's the bug ridden monstrosity. But since browsers are dropping support for that kind of plugins, it matters little how unsecure it is, since no one will be able to run it anyway. (Of course, Oracle is retiring that plugin as well, since it serves no purpose anymore.)

 

[TheMailMan78]

OMG stop the presses! A software company found a vulnerability and fixed it! Next thing you know our OS's will need monthly patches! MADNESS!

 

[Ferrum Master]

OMG stop the presses! A software company found a vulnerability and fixed it! Next thing you know our OS's will need monthly patches! MADNESS!

Sure...

 

[TheinsanegamerN]

On my Windows 7 I've had exactly zero problems with NVIDIA drivers over the past six to seven years.

Of course, if you OC like crazy, run all sorts of shady applications, believe that SLI is a relatively cheap solution for increasing your games' performance, or use alpha quality OS'es like Windows 10 then you must suffer and it's not NVIDIA's fault.

So, if you use SLI, which is sold and maintained by nvidia, and it doesnt work right due to a nvidia driver update, then it isnt nvidias fault, when THEY developed it?

Also, anecdotal evidence does not disprove anything. Nvidia had problematic drivers in the past, when windows 7 was the big OS. Like that bug where fermi cards would only run at their 2D clock rate.

Acting smug because you dont OC, run SLI, or use windows 10 doesnt help anybody.

 

[R-T-B]

So, if you use SLI, which is sold and maintained by nvidia, and it doesnt work right due to a nvidia driver update, then it isnt nvidias fault, when THEY developed it?

Also, anecdotal evidence does not disprove anything. Nvidia had problematic drivers in the past, when windows 7 was the big OS. Like that bug where fermi cards would only run at their 2D clock rate.

Acting smug because you dont OC, run SLI, or use windows 10 doesnt help anybody.

Indeed, I nearly had one of my Fermi cards cooked on Windows 7 as well IIRC (or was it the old 2xx series?) due to a fan bug.

Ironically, I've had less issues on my "alpha quality" Windows 10 OS than anywhere else. At least in term of bug severity.

 

[BiggieShady]

hmm well maybe I am incorrect and his grammar is superior.

Not trying to correct you when you are correct given the context ... just trying to be offtopic (mission accomplished) ... also I'd say in this case you have a more common use of the same grammar, a superior grammar would mean different language ... oh well

Drama ensues.

Anywhoo, number of cases where graphics driver is used as an attack vector compared to others is dramatically low ... that's where all the drama comes from

 

[Cybrnook2002]

This new driver however doesn't fix the folding @ home problems yet.

F@H Hotfix driver is out:

http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4288