Built-in protection for 32/64-bit processor aimed at gaming market. AMD has launched a new 32/64-bit processor designed with hardware-level antivirus protection. Launched at CeBIT in Hanover, the AMD Athlon 64 FX53 2.4GHz will run on 32-bit or 64-bit software. It features an antivirus system designed to block activation of executable malware by marking all memory with page tables and making it non-executable. Any attempt to run an executable outside this is immediately blocked, the chip firm claimed. But the hard-wired virus protection will only be usable on PCs running Windows XP Service Pack 2, due for release in the second half of this year. Full Story
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