Symantec Corp. announced on Tuesday that it has discovered the first "proof of concept" virus targeting AMD’s 64-bit processors.
The virus is similar to the proof-of-concept Rugrat virus, named Shruggle. Like Rugrat, Shruggle does not spread from machine-to-machine, but infect only one system at a time, targeting 64-bit executable files.
The virus is written in AMD64 assembly code, said Symantec Analysts, meaning it will not be a threat to 32-bit versions of Windows.
"Shruggle is a fairly simple proof-of-concept virus," said Oliver Friedrichs, Senior Manager, Symantec Virus Response Team, "to show that the AMD platform is just as susceptible to attack as any other platform."
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The virus is similar to the proof-of-concept Rugrat virus, named Shruggle. Like Rugrat, Shruggle does not spread from machine-to-machine, but infect only one system at a time, targeting 64-bit executable files.
The virus is written in AMD64 assembly code, said Symantec Analysts, meaning it will not be a threat to 32-bit versions of Windows.
"Shruggle is a fairly simple proof-of-concept virus," said Oliver Friedrichs, Senior Manager, Symantec Virus Response Team, "to show that the AMD platform is just as susceptible to attack as any other platform."
Click here to read the full news.
