New Delhi. The technical problem in Microsoft’s server has shaken the world. Due to this problem, the computer systems of thousands of companies around the world suddenly became useless. This technical problem affected all kinds of services that were connected to the Internet and were using Microsoft’s computer service. It affected many essential services like trains, flights, restaurants, digital payments, IT, banking and medical services around the world. This especially affected flight services and more than 4,500 flights were cancelled worldwide.
People around the world heard the name “Blue Screen of Death” for the first time yesterday. Many IT experts said that this happened due to a big cyber attack, but what is the truth behind it and what is the “Blue Screen of Death”? Let us tell you.
The system error is “Blue Screen of Death”
Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) is an error message that indicates a problem in the Microsoft Windows operating system. This error occurs when the Windows operating system (OS) encounters a situation that it cannot handle and the system crashes. Earlier BSOD was known as ‘Black Screen of Death’, because in older Windows versions the error message appeared in white text on a black background.
What happens in case of BSOD?
The computer suddenly shuts down or restarts, after which the screen turns blue and an error message appears. The error message contains technical information and the name and code of the error is mentioned. In this situation, the computer crashes and nothing works. That means you are unable to do any of your work.
The computer suddenly shuts down or restarts, after which the screen turns blue and an error message appears. Apart from this, the error message contains technical information and the name and code of the error is mentioned. Apart from this, the computer crashes and nothing works. That means you are not able to do any of your work.
What mistake caused this situation to arise?
The reason behind this is said to be the critical update of Crowdstrike. This company provides security to Microsoft’s server system. The company had updated its anti-virus software ‘Falcon’, due to which computers and laptops working on Microsoft’s servers and services across the world crashed and error messages started appearing in them.
Understand this incident in simple language. Suppose many employees are connected to a system or server. There is so much complexity there that one does not know about the other. However, there is coordination between them at the central level. If there is a change in this server, it will be visible on all the computers connected to it and changes will also occur in them. The file related to the change is updated in all the systems connected to the server. If a small mistake is made during the update and is not caught, then all the systems will be affected by it and the ‘error’ will also keep increasing. Something similar happened with the Microsoft system recently. Due to an error in the anti-virus update, all the computers and laptops connected to the Microsoft server started shutting down.
Requires own operating system
The Microsoft outage has shown us how much trouble we can get into if internet services suddenly stop working. It has also told us how important it is to have control over our data. Now the time has come to take the development of alternative operating systems in the country seriously. Software development and building financial technology systems like UPI shows our capability. 95% of the computers in the world run on Microsoft’s operating system and this ‘monopoly’ is dangerous. India needs to find an alternative.
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FIRST PUBLISHED : July 20, 2024, 13:52 IST