Neowin News Feed for: Vbs

Microsoft confirms some Windows 11 PCs can't shut down, hibernate after latest Patch Tuesday

Sayan Sen — Fri, 16 Jan 2026 08:42:09 +0000

Microsoft has confirmed that certain Windows 11 systems can't shut down and/or hibernate after the latest Patch Tuesday update. Read more...

Microsoft is making Windows 365 Cloud PCs more secure by enabling VBS and HVCI by default

Usama Jawad — Wed, 18 Jun 2025 16:00:01 +0000

Microsoft has rolled out new default configurations for new and reprovisioned Cloud PCs to restrict data exfiltration and protect your credentials. Read more...

Microsoft is making Windows 11 23H2, 22H2 less secure than 24H2 by killing a VBS feature

Sayan Sen — Thu, 17 Apr 2025 07:00:01 +0000

Microsoft is killing a VBS-related feature on older versions of Windows 11 as well as Server, and that could make them less secure than 24H2 and Server 2025. Read more...

AMD's Ryzen 9950X3D/9800X3D on Windows 10 beats Windows 11 on Microsoft recommended settings

Sayan Sen — Thu, 13 Mar 2025 08:10:01 +0000

AMD's Ryzen 9950X3D and 9800X3D were tested on Windows 10 and they handily beat Windows 11 on Microsoft's recommended settings. Read more...

AMD finally fixes Windows 10 VBS issue for Ryzen X3D but it does not "fix" performance loss

Sayan Sen — Tue, 11 Mar 2025 13:00:35 +0000

AMD has finally fixed a VBS-related bug on Windows 10. This problem has been around since 2023. However, it is not related to the known performance issues. Read more...

Microsoft's VBS/HVCI still hurts Windows 11 performance even on latest versions

Sayan Sen — Thu, 05 Sep 2024 08:16:01 +0000

Despite the performance boost and optimizations, you can still be hit by VBS / HVCI even on the latest Windows 11 versions. Read more...

Microsoft posts guidance for CVE-2024-21302 VBS flaw that downgrades modern Windows PCs

Sayan Sen — Wed, 14 Aug 2024 16:36:01 +0000

Microsoft has published a detailed guidance post on how to deal with a recently uncovered security vulnerability that can downgrade almost all modern Windows 11/10/Server PCs with VBS. Read more...

Microsoft outs details, system requirements of Windows 11's new VBS Enclave security feature

Sayan Sen — Mon, 01 Jul 2024 18:10:01 +0000

Microsoft has published details and system requirements for a new Windows 11 security feature called VBS Enclaves which is meant to make third-party apps more secure on Windows 11 and Sever 2025. Read more...

Microsoft: Protect yourself with VBS, TPM-based Enhanced Sign-in Security using our guide

Sayan Sen — Thu, 06 Jun 2024 23:50:01 +0000

Following a guide about Windows passkeys on how to enable, save and manage them, the company has now published a guide on how to enable Enhanced Sign-in Security for protecting biometrics. Read more...

Unofficial app helps easily install controversial Windows Recall on unsupported PCs

Sayan Sen — Sat, 01 Jun 2024 11:52:01 +0000

Microsoft recently announced an interesting WIndows 11 24H2 feature that's both cool and controversial. Called Recall it is currently only officially supported on Qualcomm Snapdragon X. Read more...

Microsoft: IOMMU, VBS part of what's causing EPYC Windows Server VMware BSODs, boot fails

Sayan Sen — Thu, 09 Nov 2023 05:46:01 +0000

Microsoft has issued a workaround for a bug that is triggering BSODs on startup fails on Windows Server 2022 virtual machines on VMware ESXi. It notes that EPYC systems with IOMMU, VBS are affected. Read more...

Source code for BlackLotus that bypassed Windows Secure Boot, Microsoft Defender, VBS, leaks

Sayan Sen — Fri, 14 Jul 2023 06:32:01 +0000

The source code for BlackLotus vulnerability leaked a few days ago, almost around the same time as Microsoft rolled out the second phase hardening of its secure boot flaw via Dynamic Windows updates. Read more...

Microsoft releases HVCI/memory integrity compatibility check tool for Windows 11, Windows 10

Sayan Sen — Thu, 11 May 2023 04:48:01 +0000

Microsoft has released a useful tool for users so that they can check for compatibility issues with memory integrity or HVCI (hypervisor-protected code integrity), a key security feature in Windows. Read more...

Microsoft may have fixed LSA bug with kernel-mode hardware stack protection in Windows 11

Sayan Sen — Tue, 18 Apr 2023 17:16:01 +0000

Microsoft may have quietly fixed the Local Security Authority (LSA) is off issue with a recent update to Defender. The company is also pushing out new kernel-mode hardware stack protection. Read more...

Microsoft posts guide for Windows Secure Boot, Defender, VBS, BitLocker-bypassing BlackLotus

Sayan Sen — Thu, 13 Apr 2023 06:20:02 +0000

Microsoft has published some helpful guidance against the BlackLotus UEFI bootkit vulnerability that can bypass Secure Boot, VBS, BitLocker, Windows Defender, and more to infect updated Windows PCs. Read more...

Microsoft Weekly: Free USB drives, Bing AI in Edge, and pirated Windows

Usama Jawad — Sat, 18 Mar 2023 22:36:02 +0000

Our latest edition of Microsoft Weekly is jampacked with news about Microsoft handing out free USBs to Insiders, the integration of AI in even more Redmond products, and pirated Windows (!). Read more...

Microsoft seemingly enabling VBS by default in Windows 10 too, leading to performance loss

Sayan Sen — Wed, 15 Mar 2023 08:56:01 +0000

Microsoft is seemingly enabling VBS on Windows 10 as well, something which was limited to Windows 11 only previously. This could lead to potential performance loss as latest testing indicates. Read more...

BlackLotus bypasses Secure Boot, Microsoft Defender, VBS, BitLocker on updated Windows 11

Sayan Sen — Thu, 02 Mar 2023 06:34:01 +0000

BlackLotus, which is a bootkit, has been doing the rounds on the internet since last year. This bootkit is capable of bypassing Secure Boot, disabling BitLocker, Microsoft Defender, and more. Read more...

Microsoft's Windows 11 performance tips are helping Intel in a bit unexpected way

Sayan Sen — Wed, 02 Nov 2022 11:40:01 +0000

Microsoft's recent gaming performance boost tips may be helping Intel in a bit of an unexpected way. Thanks to those disabled security features, Intel Arc is seeing a significant improvement. Read more...

Disable these features to improve gaming performance in Windows 11

Taras Buria — Thu, 06 Oct 2022 17:10:01 +0000

Microsoft has issued a statement where it acknowledged that some features in Windows 11 cause performance downgrade while playing games. Fortunately, you can quickly turn off those features. Read more...

Recent Windows 11 update apparently causing various issues due to Core Isolation (VBS)

Sayan Sen — Mon, 19 Sep 2022 17:56:01 +0000

VBS or Core Isolation feature on Windows 11 is seemingly causing multiple problems on various tweaking tools like MSI's Afterburner and Intel's Extreme Tuning Utility (XTU), among others. Read more...

Windows 11 22H2 build 22621 bug shows "hardware security not supported" on supported PCs

Sayan Sen — Fri, 10 Jun 2022 18:46:01 +0000

The Windows 11 22H2 (Sun Valley 2) RTM build 22621 has resurrected an old bug whereupon a system gets a "hardware security not supported" message even on PCs that meet the necessary requirements. Read more...

Windows 11 features leak: Taskbar improvements, plus a reminder for running unsupported PCs

Sayan Sen — Tue, 08 Feb 2022 17:52:01 +0000

After the recent leak of some Windows 11 features, we have today a fresh set of leaks that reveal more features like Taskbar overflow flyout, and a new reminder for users that run unsupported PCs. Read more...

New AMD chipset driver 3.10.22.706 for Windows 11 fixes VBS-related issues

Sayan Sen — Wed, 03 Nov 2021 14:40:01 +0000

MSI has begun rolling out a new AMD chipset driver version 3.10.22.706. The new driver, among many other things, fixes a hardware DRIPS issue related to Virtualization-based Security (VBS). Read more...

PC Health Check App gives ancient Pentium 4 thumbs up for Windows 11

Sayan Sen — Wed, 20 Oct 2021 11:52:02 +0000

Windows 11 requirements can be checked using the PC Health Check app that Microsoft released. However, it seems the app is misidentifying a hyper-threaded Pentium 4 as a CPU officially supported. Read more...

Microsoft demos hacker attacks on PCs with no TPM, VBS, and more

Sayan Sen — Mon, 11 Oct 2021 09:32:01 +0000

After explaining why features like TPM 2.0, VBS, Secure Boot, among other things, are so important for user security on Windows 11, Microsoft also demoed mock hacker attacks on such vulnerable PCs. Read more...

Microsoft explains why TPM 2.0 and VBS on Windows 11 are so key for next-gen security

Sayan Sen — Tue, 05 Oct 2021 05:22:01 +0000

Microsoft's David Weston has explained why some of the security-related features in Windows 11, like Virtualization-based Security, TPM 2.0, and more, are so crucial for the OS for now and beyond. Read more...

Microsoft VBS apparently cripples gaming performance in Windows 11 even on supported CPUs

Sayan Sen — Fri, 01 Oct 2021 21:32:01 +0000

According to a report from 3DMark creator UL Benchmarks, Microsoft's VBS feature can incur a noticeable performance hit on Windows 11 PCs. Testing shows varying results between Beta and Dev builds. Read more...

Phishing email scam utilizes keylogger malware to steal sensitive information

Justin Luna — Tue, 17 Jan 2017 09:20:01 +0000

A new phishing scam was seen targeting a US financial services provider, delivering an innocent-looking Word file. However, it contains malware that could leak sensitive data to cybercriminals. Read more...