Atmel Chips Can Thwart MyDoom, Other Viruses and Internet Fraud. Atmel executives recently said that the company's Trusted Platform Module (TPM) ICs could help prevent identity theft, such as those perpetrated on Best Buy™ and PayPal® customers last summer, as well as viruses and worms, such as MyDoom, Sobig.F and Blaster. In just one week, Blaster infected 500,000 computers and caused and estimated $1.3 billion in financial losses. Last week's MyDoom virus is reported to be the fastest spreading ever, infecting one in 12 PCs. Atmel's TPM chips provide secure hardware-based, storage and management of the user's identity, passwords, and encryption keys, unlike most software-only security solutions.