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To: Kevin K. Spurway who wrote (56771)	4/29/1999 11:18:00 AM
From: Jim McMannis	Respond to of 1570724

I wonder if Intel will have Symantec place Microsoft on the undesirable/malicious list after it is discovered that Microsoft has the same kind of program? Jim

To: Kevin K. Spurway who wrote (56771)	4/29/1999 1:34:00 PM
From: Petz	Respond to of 1570724

Kevin, Intel was really stupid to do that since the Canadian company can now sue them for their right arm. Petz

To: Kevin K. Spurway who wrote (56771)	4/29/1999 1:51:00 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1570724

<Unbelievable. This small Canadian company found a way to display the hidden CPU ID in the PIII, and posted the program on its web site. So Inte goes and gets Symantec (Norton Antivirus) to include it in its list of malicious programs/web sites!> Kevin, if I recall correctly, the "program" forces a reboot of a Pentium III system, then blocks the disabling of the CPU ID using a surreptitious boot-up routine. What if that boot-up routine decided to do other stuff besides open up the CPU ID for the world to see? I think this is pretty close to a virus-like program. Tenchusatsu