KB4497165 INTEL microcode updates and Ryzen

While I was playing WoW, Windows Update downloaded KB4497165 and prompted a restart. Why is Microsoft uploading Intel microcode updates on a Ryzen system?

(yeah, I know it has nothing to do with WoW aside that I was playing WoW at the time).

It’s a conspiracy to deliberately lower performance on Ryzen systems! Microsoft is in league with Intel!

No really, it’s probably just a universal update and since you don’t have an intel CPU it doesn’t do anything. You get updates for drivers on other devices you probably don’t have, too.

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I guess Microsoft can’t detect what hardware we are running anymore. :roll_eyes:

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4497165/kb4497165-intel-microcode-updates

It’s actually a microcode update to prevent sideload exploits that was found last year, kinda funny that it pushes the update on Ryzen when those same exploits doesn’t exist on those chips :rofl:

Typical response from You lol

If it pushes to every system either way, that means it is universal.

AMD makes some great stuff but man, you gotta wonder yourself if your fanaticism clouds your objectivity.