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Two lessons to be learned here:
1) NX (no execute) protection is not the panacea for virus attacks, droid rantings notwithstanding.
2) Never underestimate the determination of virus authors to find ways to compromise a given platform.

With AMD about to launch a major radio ad campaign specifically touting AMD's NX security, it's got to be a PR nightmare. You can tell how much of a blow it is to AMD's NX dreams, and to the Droids ego's, by the high level of tap dancing going on currently on another thread. And they know it. One even seemed to almost accuse Smooth and or Oliver Friedrichs, senior manager of Symantec's virus response team, of being paid off by intel.

I'm not surprised