Microsoft Issues Warning for 800M Windows 10 Users

Windows 10 users have been exposed to a worrying new vulnerability

Steve Kotecki

Picked up by the ever-excellent Ghacks, Microsoft has issued a warning to all its 800M Windows 10 users that a serious and long-running bug in the platform is not actually a bug at all. What Microsoft confirms it did was quietly switch off Registry backups in Windows 10 eight months ago, despite giving users the impression this crucial safeguarding system was still working. Important Windows 10 registry backups are being saved as empty files

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So why has Microsoft done this?

Source: www.forbes.com