{"id":11886,"date":"2016-04-20T09:00:08","date_gmt":"2016-04-20T13:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.com\/blog\/?p=11886"},"modified":"2020-02-26T11:08:51","modified_gmt":"2020-02-26T16:08:51","slug":"news-windows-bsod","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.com\/blog\/news-windows-bsod\/11886\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft&#8217;s new Blue Screen of Death might be even worse news than before"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Recently, Microsoft debuted a new, shiny update to their ancient crash screen, affectionately labelled the \u2018blue screen of death\u2019 (BSOD) 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 being left scratching your head. The issue lies in how it gives you that information. It\u2019s given in the form of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.com\/blog\/qr-codes-convenient-dangerous\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">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; say, your bank account details. 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, right now, 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 noreferrer 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=kd-com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer 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":11888,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[1558,936,38,1556,1557,422,113],"class_list":{"0":"post-11886","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-bsod","9":"tag-kaspersky-qr-scanner","10":"tag-microsoft","11":"tag-qr","12":"tag-qr-codes","13":"tag-threats","14":"tag-windows"},"hreflang":[{"hreflang":"x-default","url":"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.com\/blog\/news-windows-bsod\/11886\/"},{"hreflang":"en-us","url":"https:\/\/usa.kaspersky.com\/blog\/news-windows-bsod\/7049\/"},{"hreflang":"en-gb","url":"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.co.uk\/blog\/news-windows-bsod\/7083\/"},{"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":"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.com\/blog\/tag\/bsod\/","name":"BSOD"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11886","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/437"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11886"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11886\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33676,"href":"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11886\/revisions\/33676"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11888"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11886"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11886"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11886"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}