AMD Enhances Security with Enhanced Virus Protection on AMD Athlon 64 Processors

AMD is taking a leadership role in delivering a more secure computing experience for home and business users with the enablement of Enhanced Virus Protection (EVP) on all AMD Athlon 64 processors. This new level of security is designed to protect against certain malicious viruses, computer worms, and Trojan horses, providing a more secure computing environment for users. The combination of Windows XP Service Pack 2 and AMD's Enhanced Virus Protection technology is a significant step in providing a multi-layered defense against common online threats.

Key Takeaways:

• AMD has enabled Enhanced Virus Protection on all AMD Athlon 64 processors, providing a more secure computing environment for users.
• The Enhanced Virus Protection technology is designed to protect against malicious viruses, computer worms, and Trojan horses.
• The combination of Windows XP Service Pack 2 and AMD's Enhanced Virus Protection technology provides a multi-layered defense against common online threats.
• The AMD Athlon 64 processor customers can now enable the built-in EVP capability when enabled by Windows XP SP2.
• Businesses and enterprises using the AMD Opteron processor will be able to enable EVP with the upcoming release of Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 and Windows Server 2003 for 64-bit Extended Systems.
• The AMD64 architecture is designed to enhance the security of the computing environment by integrating Enhanced Virus Protection technology.
• The AMD Opteron processor for servers and workstations and the AMD Athlon 64 processors for desktop and notebook computers have earned more than 45 awards for innovation and performance.

Statistics:

• $385 million to $1.2 billion: The cost of buffer overflow attacks.
• 45 awards: The number of awards earned by the AMD Opteron processor for servers and workstations and the AMD Athlon 64 processors for desktop and notebook computers for innovation and performance.
• 2 billion: The number of transactions that occur online every hour.
• 51%: The percentage of households in the United States that have at least one computer.
• 40%: The percentage of households in the United States that have a broadband internet connection.

Sources:

• "AMD is taking a leadership role to deliver a more secure computing experience for home and business users with the enablement of Enhanced Virus Protection on all AMD Athlon 64 processors in the market today," said Marty Seyer, corporate vice president and general manager, Microprocessor Business Unit, AMD's Computation Products Group.
• "The sophistication of viruses has raised the need for security prevention at all platform levels. AMD has addressed this need with Enhanced Virus Protection making the AMD Athlon 64 family of processors the only high-performance PC processors available today that offer this enhanced level of security."
• "The combination of Windows XP Service Pack 2 with Advanced Security Technologies and improved hardware technology, as found in Enhanced Virus Protection from AMD, is an important step in providing a multi-layered defense against many common online threats," said Will Poole, senior vice president, Windows Client Business, Microsoft Corp.
• "Security is an issue that requires industry-wide collaboration and we are pleased to be working with AMD to deliver a more secure computing experience for our mutual customers."
• "With buffer overflow attacks costing between $385 million and $1.2 billion, it has become absolutely critical that companies mitigate the related exposure," said Rob Enderle, president and principal analyst for the Enderle Group.