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[Windsock]

There is no inference about Itanium processor at all either in the article or by Symantec. Your conclusion that the "pretty clear that the claim here is Intel's 64 bit family is Itanium" uses result-oriented logic. Your companion implicit assumption that Symantec is unaware of the Intel 64 EMT processor is false.

If you follow the link in the Inquirer article you find that Symantec is quite firm that AMD is the most affected processor:

http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2163054/virus-attacks-amd-processors?page=2

"a single virus that can target both [32bit and 64bit] chip families.... is easier to do for AMD processors than for 32-bit and 64-bit Intel chips because the two AMD families are more similar than Intel's."

When Symantec refers to the 64-bit Intel chip this is clearly the 64 EMT processor in the context of the statement.

For the "show me" doubters simply follow the link for Intel chips or see here:

http://www.symantec.com/security_response/writeup.jsp?docid=2006-081009-3153-99