{"id":7083,"date":"2016-04-20T04:41:35","date_gmt":"2016-04-20T08:41:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kasperskydaily.com\/uk\/?p=7083"},"modified":"2020-02-26T15:11:52","modified_gmt":"2020-02-26T15:11:52","slug":"news-windows-bsod","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.co.uk\/blog\/news-windows-bsod\/7083\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft&#8217;s new Blue Screen of Death might be even worse news than before"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Recently, Microsoft debuted a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2016\/4\/12\/11412906\/microsoft-windows-10-blue-screen-of-death-qr-code\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">shiny update<\/a> to their ancient crash screen, affectionately labelled the \u2018blue screen of death\u2019 (<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Blue_Screen_of_Death\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">BSOD<\/a>) by techies everywhere. This updated version brings some much needed information: you\u2019re given a QR code to help you better understand why you got the BSOD.<\/p>\n<p>This is a good thing. There\u2019s nothing more frustrating than having your computer crash for some unknown reason and left scratching your head, wondering what\u2019s happened. The issue lies in <em>how<\/em> it gives you that information. It\u2019s given in the form of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.co.uk\/blog\/qr-codes-convenient-dangerous\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">QR code<\/a> (you know, those barcodes that were all the rage 5 years ago).<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Microsoft adds QRCode to Windows 10 BSOD in Build 14316 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Lj9nh27Mbk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/Lj9nh27Mbk<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WUYjQlMoNG\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/WUYjQlMoNG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 MSPoweruser (@mspoweruser) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mspoweruser\/status\/719616660705923072?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">April 11, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>But, I hear you cry, \u201chow is this a security issue?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Well indulge my security paranoia for a minute. Imagine that a crook wants to steal data from your mobile phone: your bank account details, for example. He needs to access your phone, right? Well, all he\u2019d need to do is send you a file that simulates the BSOD and tells you to visit this site to get more information about the crash.<\/p>\n<p>When you dutifully scan the code with your phone to check what\u2019s happened to your computer and unwittingly visit a malicious site. It asks you to install an app and <em> presto<\/em> your device is now infected.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Kaspersky offers a free and safe QR scanner! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/c26teUPb5O\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/c26teUPb5O<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kaspersky (@kaspersky) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kaspersky\/status\/562638594469556227?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">February 3, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Now, this is all just theory: none of this is actually happening, but what\u2019s to stop it from happening? We know that other, more complicated malware is available out there, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.co.uk\/blog\/banking-trojans-bypass-2fa\/6898\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">right now<\/a>, so why not this?<\/p>\n<p>Once you update Windows, it may be worth installing a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.com\/qr-scanner\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">QR code checker<\/a> on your mobile phone. Also be sure to have something that will <a href=\"http:\/\/app.appsflyer.com\/com.kms.free?pid=smm&amp;c=uk_daily\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">protect your phone against malware<\/a> if it somehow manages to sneak in.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Windows is in the process of rolling out new changes to the fabled BSOD (\u2018Blue Screen Of Death\u2019) which could have security implications.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":437,"featured_media":7084,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,2026],"tags":[1424,897,38,1422,1423,529,113],"class_list":{"0":"post-7083","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"category-threats","9":"tag-bsod","10":"tag-kaspersky-qr-scanner","11":"tag-microsoft","12":"tag-qr","13":"tag-qr-codes","14":"tag-threats","15":"tag-windows"},"hreflang":[{"hreflang":"en-gb","url":"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.co.uk\/blog\/news-windows-bsod\/7083\/"},{"hreflang":"en-us","url":"https:\/\/usa.kaspersky.com\/blog\/news-windows-bsod\/7049\/"},{"hreflang":"es-mx","url":"https:\/\/latam.kaspersky.com\/blog\/news-windows-bsod\/7008\/"},{"hreflang":"es","url":"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.es\/blog\/news-windows-bsod\/8163\/"},{"hreflang":"it","url":"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.it\/blog\/news-windows-bsod\/8021\/"},{"hreflang":"ru","url":"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.ru\/blog\/news-windows-bsod\/11696\/"},{"hreflang":"tr","url":"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.com.tr\/blog\/news-windows-bsod\/2034\/"},{"hreflang":"x-default","url":"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.com\/blog\/news-windows-bsod\/11886\/"},{"hreflang":"fr","url":"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.fr\/blog\/news-windows-bsod\/5558\/"},{"hreflang":"pt-br","url":"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.com.br\/blog\/news-windows-bsod\/6201\/"},{"hreflang":"de","url":"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.de\/blog\/news-windows-bsod\/7458\/"},{"hreflang":"ja","url":"https:\/\/blog.kaspersky.co.jp\/news-windows-bsod\/11097\/"},{"hreflang":"ru-kz","url":"https:\/\/blog.kaspersky.kz\/news-windows-bsod\/11696\/"},{"hreflang":"en-au","url":"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.com.au\/blog\/news-windows-bsod\/11886\/"},{"hreflang":"en-za","url":"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.co.za\/blog\/news-windows-bsod\/11886\/"}],"acf":[],"banners":"","maintag":{"url":"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.co.uk\/blog\/tag\/bsod\/","name":"BSOD"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7083","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/437"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7083"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7083\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19276,"href":"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7083\/revisions\/19276"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7084"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7083"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7083"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7083"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}