Alert: Skype 2.0 triggers Data Execution Prevention Warning

Our own George Ou has found that Skype 2.0 seems to trigger a Data Execution Prevention warning on his new PC.Data Execution Prevention, or DEP for short, is a new feature built into Windows XP Service Pack 2 that harnesses the NX and ND (No Execute and Execute Disable) functionality built into newer Intel and [...]

Written by Russell Shaw on January 15th, 2006 with comments disabled.
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