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 | | In a typical attack, a malicious worm creates a flood of code that overwhelms the processor, allowing the worm to propagate itself to the network, and other computers. |
 | | Intel's Execute Disable Bit functionality, first released for the Intel® Itanium® processor family in 2001, can prevent certain classes of malicious "buffer overflow" attacks when combined with a supporting operating system. |
 | | By combining Execute Disable Bit with anti-virus, firewall, spy ware removal, e-mail filtering software, and other network security measures, IT managers can free IT resources for other initiatives. |
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