Well, the headline is somewhat mis-leading, but the fact is none of the anti-virus software companies have a version that supports the Windows XP Professional x64 Edition which Microsoft released last week. Given the millions of AMD Athlon 64s that have been waiting patiently for a year for a 64-bit Windows, we have no doubts there is a demand -- and from the recent Intel 64-bit Pentium 4 owners as well.
Look, tempting as it might be to fire up Win 64, none of us at the On Computers radio show recommend connecting to the Internet for even a second without a firewall and an anti-virus. There really are bad guys out there, and they know your IP address!
Our partners at NOD say they will have a 64 bit version -- NOD64 ? -- in a few weeks. Wait. Please wait.
Peter S. Kastner
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