Summary
AMD processors have additional protection from malicious software known as Enhanced Virus Protection (EVP).
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This protection works by setting aside portions of memory as "data only".
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The NX bit (no-execute) is a technology used in CPUs to segregate areas of memory for use by either storage of processor instructions or for storage of data.
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This feature is increasingly used in conventional von Neumann architecture processors for security reasons.
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Short for enhanced virus protection , EVP is additional protection found in AMD processors that helps protect a computer from malicious software. It does so by setting aside portions of memory as "data only." Data in this region of memory cannot be executed as instructions to the CPU
What is EVP (Enhanced Virus Protection)? - Computer Hope
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The AMD Vulnerability Disclosure Policy covers AMD APUs, CPUs, GPUs, FPGAs, and software. We encourage well-researched reports that focus on real world potentially exploitable issues, include a PoC (proof of…
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