Microsoft is auto-enabling VBS-based Memory Integrity on Windows 11 PCs starting in October. The same feature Microsoft previously warned it can also impact PC gaming performance
https://www.windowslatest.com/2026/09/02/microsoft-is-auto-enabling-memory-integrity-on-windows-11-pcs-from-october-why-you-shouldnt-turn-it-off/
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blackbeans@lemmy.zip · 6 pts · 11d
Nice article but what does VBS stand for? I always thought it was a Visual Basic Script.
ChocolateFrostedSugarBombs@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 11d
I'm this context it's Virtualization Based Security.
Or Vacation Bible School... Instructions unclear.
warmaster@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 11d
VBS is a software engineering acronym for: Vicious Boob Size
bhamlin@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 11d
Vax Based Service
dontbelievethis@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 10d
It stands for vagina boob schlong.
WereCat@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 10d
Please, we’re talking about Microsoft here. Very Bad Software
raldone01@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 10d
Close Visual Basic for Security!!!
Funwayguy@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 10d
Not to give too much credit here but this isn't necessarily a bad thing (although the VBS name is stupid).
GrapheneOS has had Memory Integrity as a mandatory feature for a while now and is part of why they wont support the Pixel 11. Apple Silicone also has this built in and enabled. If anything, Microslop is very late to the party and I have suspicions to why.
See, the only actual issues this causes is that poorly implemented memory alloc/free calls in software no longer fly under this security requirement. Decades of shitty apps (including slop) may crash with security exceptions if they haven't managed their memory right.