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Data execution prevention

  • 16-01-2008 06:40PM
    #1
    white_falcon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 793 ✭✭✭


    keep getting data execution prevention randomly lately on my PC
    Comes up at totally random times. have defragged all hd's and run AVG scan and loads of spyware scans but still showing up with nothing


    anyone any ideas? im using the build in my signature and windows xp 32bit

    picture of the message here:

    windowserror.jpg


Comments

  • #2
    aidan_walsh
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,208 ✭✭✭✭aidan_walsh


    Data Execution Prevention (DEP) is a set of hardware and software technologies that perform additional checks on memory to help prevent malicious code from running on a system. In Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2) and Microsoft Windows XP Tablet PC Edition 2005, DEP is enforced by hardware and by software.

    The primary benefit of DEP is to help prevent code execution from data pages. Typically, code is not executed from the default heap and the stack. Hardware-enforced DEP detects code that is running from these locations and raises an exception when execution occurs. Software-enforced DEP can help prevent malicious code from taking advantage of exception-handling mechanisms in Windows.
    http://support.microsoft.com/kb/875352

    Microsoft have a KB article on how to make exceptions for applications on your computer, or there are tips available on Google on how to disable it entirely.


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