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Holland Bans AMD's 'Virus Protection' Campaign

Posted by timothy on from the puffery-is-strictly-for-cafes dept.

Hack Jandy writes "For those of you who didn't see this coming, AMD's Advanced Virus Protection campaign has been banned in Holland since the technology does (almost) nothing to stop viruses! If you recall, AMD's NX bit attempts to stop the processor from executing pages on the stack that have been written to. Does NX even solve more problems than it causes?"

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  1. Re:Is Holland a Country? by glassjaw+rocks · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Yeah, I doubt AMD has anything to worry about. Personally, I'm not worried about viruses, I keep my windows updated, and I don't download stupid shit. (And when I do, I scan it.)

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    -gjr
  2. The thing I really hate by mrchaotica · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Hey, I'm really sorry; I try not to let stuff like this get to me, but for this one I just can't resist. I have to say it:

    Your sig sucks.

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    "[Regarding the 'cloud,'] ownership was what made America different than Russia." -- Woz

  3. Re:joe six pack is made to be owned by kisanth88 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    At the risk of sounding like a flame....

    "fuck joe six pack"

    Can you do plumbing, drywall, framing, roofing, siding, flooring, electical wiring, etc????

    I'm sure you could do it with some training, but wait, who is going to train you? Joe Six Pack after you've "0wnz0r3d" his PC?

    Not bloody likely.

    The simple fact of the matter is that the human race an indeed technology owes it's position to specialization of skills. If you don't care about Joe Sixpack's PC experience then you are an elitist bastard.

    It takes all kinds to make the world go round as they say and it is our job as the nerds/geeks/pointy head/whatever to make our part move you short sighted bastard.

    ** This post made while mostly drunk, 8 beers... Call me Joe 8 Pack, you asshat