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    NoExecute Protection @ Vista 32Bit -Keep It or Disable It

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by bigspin, Sep 10, 2007.

  1. bigspin

    bigspin My Kind Of Place

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    Title says it all.

    To prevent explorer crashes can i disable it? I'm using KIS 7 as a Virus guard :D
     
    bigspin, Sep 10, 2007
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    Jalf Comrade Santa

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    Sure you can disable it. All it does is crash misbehaving programs. I have it enabled because I find it interesting to keep track of, but in the end, when I run into a program that behaves badly and crashes when NX is enabled, all I can do is... disable it for that program. So you could argue there's not much gained, other than being able to keep track of which software has certain symptoms of security holes.

    So either disable it, or simply add exceptions for the programs that crash. (That said, to the best of my knowledge, Explorer shouldn't crash. And if your antivirus program causes it, then I'd be very worried. I'd get another av program.)
     
    Jalf, Sep 10, 2007
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