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August 29, 2006  9:59 AM

Symantec Uncovers New Intel Marketing Campaign…er, AMD virus



Posted by: Brein Matturro
Network and application security, Servers and desktop hardware, Systems and systems management

VNU reports that Symantec security researchers claim to have found two variants of a proof-of-concept virus that specifically attacks AMD processors.

Although harmless at this stage, the viruses could be used to create malware that affects computers with disparate operating...