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So, was the Author so busy fawning over AMD's "hardware advances", that he failed to notice this?

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MANHASSET, N.Y. ? Symantec Corp. on Tuesday (Aug. 24) said it had discovered the first "proof-of-concept" virus that targets AMD's 64-bit processors.

Dubbed Shruggle, the virus is similar to Rugrat, another proof-of-concept that in late May put Windows' 64-bit operating systems in its sights.

"Shruggle is a fairly simple proof-of-concept virus," said Oliver Friedrichs, senior manager of Symantec's virus response team, "to show that THE AMD PLATFORM IS JUST AS SUSCEPTIBLE TO ATTACK AS ANY OTHER PLATFORM."
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AMD needs new chiefs  EnterPrise_Analyst | 08/16/04
Maybe AMD's PR Department Needs to Think Differently  P. Douglas | 08/16/04
Well dont be hard on some companies.  computer_man | 08/16/04
That is an unfair statement  dfunk@... | 08/16/04
Real computers and operating systems have had this capability for years  mespoppa | 08/16/04
Question  rkadowns | 08/16/04
Re: Question  middle of nowhere | 08/16/04
Response  thomgood | 08/22/04
asleep, maybe not...  liberalenextrema@... | 08/16/04
David Berlind is the Jerry Springer of IT  mitchd123 | 08/16/04
Lets be nice  worfp | 08/16/04
What is wrong with people?  Grolan | 08/18/04
WWWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!  getsteppin | 08/20/04
what is really going on.  worfp | 08/16/04
low budget but not a sleep  Razor_z | 08/16/04
I think that its the IT Press that has been asleep  mooreman_z | 08/16/04
EMT64 =  Razor_z | 08/16/04
Message has been deleted.  Hamburger Chef | 08/16/04
(NT)I think David Berlind has been asleep at the wheel  toadlife | 08/16/04
Still a great company  Chiatzu | 08/16/04
OEMs Knew About This...  RM Antala | 08/16/04
Typo in previous post...  RM Antala | 08/16/04
AMD CPUs and built-in buffer overflow protection  tschodt | 08/17/04
Did you forget Athlon?  bmgoodman | 08/19/04
Cautious AMD with Microsoft  jazzy5@... | 08/20/04
My sentiments exactly  Darkintent | 08/21/04
Not an ATTENTION Getter  getsteppin | 08/20/04
Microsoft Devotion  wessonjoe | 08/24/04
Really? Have You Seen This?  SemiconEng | 08/25/04

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