The tool also makes it possible to enable or disable protection against Spectre and Meltdown.
InSpectre shows which updates have been installed and what has to be done to protect the system against the attacks. This can have a negative impact on performance, depending on the tasks performed on the computer.
To fully protect against both attacks, users have to update both their BIOS and operating system. This application is made by security researcher Steve Gibson. This freeware download offers you the Free inSpectre, this tool tool checks Windows computers for Meltdown and Spectre vulnerabilities. Besides checking whether the system is vulnerable to the Spectre and Meltdown attack, the tool also checks whether performance of the computer has been decreased.
