99% of spyware can't install unless you are running as root aka Administrator.
Rule 1: Don't run as root.
Rule 2: Remember rule 1.
Rule 3: If you can't remember rule 1 and 2, don't admit you install spyware on slashdot.
1) If its in Prescott, Intel isn't saying so. 3) It just makes things harder to exploit, but that true of everything. 4) BS. You have to switch to PAE mode, but that isn't 64bit mode. 5) It only requires the kernel change, no apps need the recompile. 7) It will typically change exploits from allowing elavation of privelege to a DOS.
99% of spyware can't install unless you are running as root aka Administrator. Rule 1: Don't run as root. Rule 2: Remember rule 1. Rule 3: If you can't remember rule 1 and 2, don't admit you install spyware on slashdot.
Try to get your facts correct. Corrections:
1) If its in Prescott, Intel isn't saying so.
3) It just makes things harder to exploit, but that true of everything.
4) BS. You have to switch to PAE mode, but that isn't 64bit mode.
5) It only requires the kernel change, no apps need the recompile.
7) It will typically change exploits from allowing elavation of privelege to a DOS.
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