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Patch reliability is unclear, but widespread attacks make patching prudent. Go ahead and patch, but watch out for potential problems. |
.I plan to put my Windows 10 daily driver on 0patch when Microsoft stops releasing Windows Updates for it.
In general, unless you’re a high-profile individual or work in a medium-to-large organization (corporate/health/infrastructure/government), you probably don’t need to worry about the esoteric “specially crafted” threats that patches tend to focus on. These are the kinds of flaws in Windows that professional hackers and state actors will expend significant resources on to get into an executive’s machine or a government/corporate network. So long as you take certain precautions (as detailed in the first link on my signature line), you should be fine against the garden-variety threats the typical user is likely to encounter.
0patch specifically release patches for 0day issues for which MS do not yet have a patch. I think that covers “esoteric”. 
cheers, Paul
0patch specifically release patches for 0day issues for which MS do not yet have a patch. I think that covers “esoteric”.
cheers, Paul
Is there a reason to sign up for the free version now before support ends or do the normal MS updates cover all that?
Thanks
Is there a reason to sign up for the free version now before support ends or do the normal MS updates cover all that?
Windows 10 Pro 22H2. Signed to 0Patch Pro for years (since Windows 7).
From time to time 0Patch issue a security fix for a bug Microsoft hasn’t fixed / won’t fix / fixed badly.
* Remember, 0Patch doesn’t install anything on your PC (so there is nothing to uninstall). All patches are loaded into memory.
* Remember, 0Patch doesn’t install anything on your PC
Except 0patch Agent which transmits telemetry every hour?
I read the information about patches being loaded into memory but I don’t understand how that works compared to the patches issued by MS. Can you elaborate?
I’m assuming that a patch is software code which corrects or replaces problematic code?
We are reinventing software patching.
0patch Agent, our mighty little patching machine, watches over all processes running on the computer. When any one of them is found to have a patch available, that patch is immediately applied to the process in memory without disturbing that process.
0patch Agent periodically asks our server whether it has any new patches to deliver, and downloads these patches so they’re ready to get applied to vulnerable processes. These patches are immediately available even if you install a vulnerable product on a computer that is not connected to the Internet at the time.
0patch does not replace executable files or modify them in any way. It corrects them only in memory, which can be done without relaunching them…
all the previous protections are automatically erased?
No.
If you just unsubscribe but don’t uninstall 0Patch, all patches up to this point will continue to function but you will not get new patches.
You can unsubscribe from Pro and continue with the free version.
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