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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?"

4 of 330 comments (clear)

  1. buffer overflows by wotevah · · Score: 0, Redundant

    It helps deal with buffer overflows which is a way to deal with some malware exploiting them.

  2. Re:Holland or the Netherlands? by Jeff+DeMaagd · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Oops, I wasn't finished...

    The X-bit article body says Netherlands, but the title says Holland. Holland is a sub-region of Netherlands. Maybe it really doesn't matter all that much to me, but there is a difference, and some people get picky about what their country is called, and this is a common mistake for Americans to make.

  3. Re:How do you explain it to Joe Sixpack? by devilspgd · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Added support to the x86 platform.

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    Give a man a fish, he'll eat for a day, but teach a man to phish...
  4. Holland? by SillyNickName4me · · Score: 0, Redundant

    That is a part of the name of 2 provinces in the country called the Netherlands. (north and south Holland), it is not a country on its own.

    Lets all call the USA New York...