ATI Catalyst 7.9 drivers
ATI/AMD has released a new version of its drivers for Windows XP and Windows Vista. Version 7.9 of the ATI Catalyst drivers bring many bug fixes, speed improvements and new features.
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10.9.2007 ATI driver flaw exposes Vista kernel to attackers
An unpatched flaw in an ATI driver was at the center of the mysterious Purple Pill proof-of-concept tool that exposed a way to maliciously tamper with the Windows Vista kernel. Thanks to pacpis for this news.
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12.8.2007 Here Are the Drivers That Don't Play Well with Vista SP1 RTM
Windows Vista Service Pack 1 was released to manufacturing on February 4, 2008. But end users had to exercise their patience another month and a half before they could get their hands on Vista SP1 RTM.
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18.3.2008 Vista x64 to require digital signatures for many drivers
With little fanfare, Microsoft just announced that the xX64 version of Windows Vista will require all kernel-mode code to be digitally signed. This is very different than the current WHQL program, where the user ultimately decides how they want to handle unsigned drivers.
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23.1.2006 NVIDIA Releases WHQL Vista RTM Drivers
On January Nvidia finally released the long-awaited final graphics drivers for Windows Vista.
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8.1.2007 New tool enables loading of unsigned drivers in Vista
A new software tool has been released by Linchpin Labs that allows the loading of unsigned and legacy drivers on Windows XP, 2003, and most importantly Vista.
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31.7.2007 Microsoft releases (crap) LiveCam drivers for Windows Vista
Activewin reported that Microsoft finaly released Vista drivers for their LiveCams. The download site first asks for Language, OS and LiveCam type, then you can download a 117 MBSurprise file!
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25.1.2007 AMD not eliminating ATI brand, reports false
One of the unforeseen ramifications of the AMD-ATI hookup is the new hyper-rumor-transport bus, a new technology whereby unsubstantiated rumors become fact at an alarming rate. I lamented this sad state of affairs a few weeks ago when patently false information regarding motherboard licensing was making its way around the 'net, and now we get to do it again.
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8.8.2006 AMD Gains Antitrust Approval to Buy ATI
Advanced Micro Devices said yesterday it has gained approval from key U.S., Canadian, and German antitrust regulators for its $5.4 billion plan to buy Canadian chip set developer ATI Technologies.
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7.9.2006 ATI Radeon X1650XT vs. Nvidia GeForce 7600GT
The next generation of mid-range graphics cards are just around the corner, so should you even consider purchasing a GeForce 7600GT or Radeon X1650XT graphics card?
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7.12.2006 First alleged photos of the ATI Radeon HD 5870
Today we got the first glimpse of one of the new upcoming DirectX 11 video cards from ATI. The Radeon HD 5870, also known by the codename name “Cypress”
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11.9.2009 Windows Vista comes with 19,500 drivers on DVD – more on Windows Update
Ever needed to find a driver for a product and wished Windows would either just have the driver in it, or that their Windows Update service could provide it? With Vista, it can – and new features and updates will be forthcoming too. It’s about time!
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20.11.2006 ATI Radeon X1650 Pro vs. Nvidia GeForce 7600GS
As much as we love testing and talking about the latest innovations in PC graphics, it's only a fraction of the gamers market that can truly enjoy these high-end products as soon as they come out of the oven because of its high prices.
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31.10.2006 Dell releases first set of Windows 7 Drivers
Windows 7 drivers for Dell products are often sought after and finally, there’s an answer.
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22.8.2009 Windows 7 RTM Drivers from Microsoft Hardware Available
Microsoft’s “Better Together” slogan apparently applies not only to Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 but also to the latest iteration of the Windows client and the Redmond company’s peripherals.
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30.10.2009 Driver Magic - Automatically updates your computers drivers
Automatically updates your computers drivers quickly and easily.
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4.7.2007 How to Install Vista Language Packs MUI on all versions of Vista + video tutorial
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Basic, Vista Home Premium, and Vista Business versions of the Microsoft licensing restrictions can only preserve a language!
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23.9.2008 The Vista Built-in Super Administrator Account Has Survived in Vista SP1
Windows Vista Service Pack 1 is designed to evolve the RTM version of the latest Windows client from Microsoft, made available in November 2006 to business customers, and in January 2007 to the general consumers.
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15.2.2008 Vista SP1 Is Out, XP SP3 Old News, the Pink Edition of Vista Is In
Windows Vista Service Pack 1 is now nothing more than water under the bridge, now that the service pack was released to manufacturing on February 4, 2008, shipping to general users on March 18.
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27.3.2008 Tell Hasta la Vista to XP - Time to Upgrade to Vista SP1
Like it or not, this is the right time not only to upgrade to Windows Vista Service Pack 1 but also to tell hasta la vista to Windows XP.
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30.6.2008 Instant Change Vista Product ID with Vista ProductID Changer
In past we have reviewed number of application to recover product key like Product Key Finder, WinGuggle, Windows product Key Finder.
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1.11.2009 Vista SP1 RC1 Flies Past Vista RTM and Windows XP SP2
Despite the fact that Microsoft has expressed its official position regarding testing Windows Vista Service Pack 1 ahead of its finalization, there is simply too much of a hunger for the service pack.
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27.12.2007 Vista SP1 Won't Resolve the 4 GB RAM Limitation of 32-bit Windows Vista
32-bit Windows operating systems, and Windows Vista makes no exception whatsoever to this rule, are limited in terms of the amount of system memory that can be addressed to no more than 4 GB.
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4.1.2008 Vista Loader 2.1.3 - Windows Vista Activator 2008 Support SP1 with No Boot String
Vista Loader is one of the most successful Vista activation crack available to date, second only to physical modify (hardmod) the BIOS to include SLIC table to make BIOS Vista activation-compliant.
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15.5.2008 x64 Vista SP2 JPG Rendering Performance Inferior to x86 Vista SP2's
The JPG rendering process on 64-bit flavors of Windows Vista Service Pack 2 is inferior to that on the 32-bit variants of the operating system.
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10.6.2009 Microsoft to Kill the Grace Timer and OEM BIOS Windows Vista Cracks with Vista SP1
With the advent of Windows Vista, cracks also became available being designed to bypass the activation process of the operating system.
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4.12.2007 New Vista OEM Activation Hack - Vista Boot by gkend
Thanks to Steve Jobs for this article on his blog and to our forum members to clecha, Nighthief and fitterphil120 for most of the findings. One again the “Chinese” come up with a new method to trick out the Vista Activation. We have seen Softmode and VistaLoader, however “ Vista Boot by gkend” does promise even more.
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21.5.2007 Windows Vista on Super Nintendo, As Real As Vista on PSP
We're puzzled and confused... How can a console that's at least ten times less powerful than the acclaimed PSP cope with Windows Vista's requirements?
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15.8.2007 Vista RTM vs. Vista SP1 - Office 2007 benchmarking
Enough with benchmarking the OS - let’s see if Office 2007 is any faster on Vista SP1.
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26.2.2008 Microsoft Says Vista SP1 Needs to Speak the Same Language as Vista RTM
Microsoft says that Windows Vista Service Pack 1 needs to speak the same language as the RTM version of the latest Windows client. Otherwise there's no game.
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2.4.2008AMD releases Catalyst 7.5 graphics drivers
A new set of Catalyst 7.5
drivers is now available for
users of AMD's ATI Radeon
graphics cards. The drivers
are available for The drivers
are available for
Windows Vista
x86,
Windows Vista
x64,
Windows XP, and
Windows XP Pro x64.
According to AMD, these
drivers significantly improve
OpenGL performance in Windows
Vista:
OpenGL
performance in Windows Vista
improves on the Radeon X1950
XTX at high resolutions
(1920x1200 or greater) with
anti-aliasing and anisotropic
filtering enabled. Doom 3 and
Quake 4 improves as much as
13-18% .and Prey improves at
least 15.6%. The Radeon X1950
Pro and Radeon X1650 XT also
see improvements in Doom 3 and
Quake 4 up to 14.1% at higher
resolutions with anti-aliasing
and anisotropic filtering
enabled.
The
Catalyst 7.5 release also
brings DirectX 10 support to
users of Radeon HD 2900 XT
graphics cards (in either
single-GPU or CrossFire
configurations) running
Windows Vista x86...
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01.06.2007ATI Catalyst 7.1 for Vista RTM Released
Today, ATI released their
finalized ATI Catalyst drivers
for Windows Vista RTM.
The final drivers
provide the following features
for Windows Vista:
- Blu-ray and
HD-DVD playback
-
CrossFire support under Vista
- Native OpenGL
Vista support
-
Catalyst Install Manager for
Vista
- New Catalyst
Control Center
This release has
also fixed more than 17 issues
that were found in the
previous release. The drivers
are available for both 32-bit
and 64-bit versions of Windows
Vista.
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30.01.2007AMD/ATi Catalyst 8.3 display drivers released - Making a compelling case for Vista
Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: AMD/ATi have released the Catalyst 8.3 display drivers pack - and this latest updates does more to encourage gamers onto Vista
than Microsoft has managed so far.
Catalyst 8.3 is no
small update to the drivers. There are a whole raft of new features added. Here are some of the highlights...
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06.03.2008AMD's First Catalyst Drivers for Vista Will Support HD DVD, Blu-ray
Today, one day ahead of
Microsoft's consumer edition
Windows Vista rollout, the
first ATI Catalyst drivers for
Vista are being released.
They're officially numbered
7.1 (version 8.31 for XP is
already in the field). But for
the first time, they're being
released by AMD, and this
afternoon, AMD is accepting a
great deal of the credit...
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30.01.2007Catalyst 7.9 Drivers Available
AMD/ATi has posted brand new
Catalyst 7.9 drivers for all of you Radeon
owners. Windows Vista 32-bit, Windows Vista 64-bit and Windows XP versions are available now. Linux drivers are ścoming soon.ť Grab them if you need
them.
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11.09.2007ATI Catalyst 6.12 for Windows
AMD/ATI have released their
latest set of video card
drivers for the ATI Radeon
line of video cards. New 32
and 64-bit drivers are
available for both Windows XP
and Windows Vista. Note that
the .NET framework (1.x or
2.0) is required if you want
to run these drivers with the
Catalyst Control Center.
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14.12.2006ATI Catalyst Drivers for Vista RTM
ATI has posted their Catalyst
Beta drivers for Windows Vista
RTM. (even though Vista
hasn't technically been
released to RTM yet) The
driver team notes that this
version of the Catalyst Beta
driver will work under Windows
Vista RC2.
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03.11.2006AMD releases Catalyst 7.6 graphics drivers
AMD has released a new set of
Catalyst drivers its ATI
Radeon graphics cards. This
latest release is numbered 7.6
and is available for
Windows Vista
x86,
Windows Vista
x64,
Windows XP, and a
handful of other operating
systems listed on
this
page.
As one
might expect, one of the chief
focuses of these drivers is
the newly released Radeon HD
2900 XT. AMD tells us Radeon
HD 2900 XT CrossFire setups
see performance gains of up to
42% in Half-Life 2: Episode
One with high dynamic range
lighting and antialiasing
enabled. Dark Messiah of Might
& Magic, which is based on the
same engine, also sees gains
of 16% with HDR lighting
enabled.
On the bug
fixes front, AMD says problems
pertaining to Quake 4, IL2
Sturmovik: Forgotten Battles,
Armed Assault, and
multi-monitor setups have been
resolved, among others. A full
list of bug fixes, tweaks, and
known issues is available in
AMD's
release notes for
these drivers.
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26.06.2007Catalyst 7.8 drivers available for Windows, Linux
AMD's graphics group has just
uncorked yet another monthly
video driver rev for Radeon
cards, Catalyst 7.8. The
Windows versions of Cat 7.8
promise several performance
improvements, including a
claimed "11% or greater"
performance boost with
antialiasing in Lost Planet
DX10 on the Radeon HD 2900 XT.
Such performance improvements
with antialiasing on the
Radeon HD are both needed and
possible for reasons we
explained
here. 3DMark scores on
the Radeon HD 2400 and 2600
are purportedly up by "as
much as 6%," as well.
The Linux
release brings a native 64-bit
version of Catalyst Control
Center and support for TV-out
connectors, along with a range
of stability fixes.
Catalyst 7.8 can
be had for
Windows XP 32-bit,
Windows XP x64,
Windows Vista
x86,
Windows Vista
x64,
Linux x86, and
Linux x64.
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14.08.2007ATI driver flaw exposes Vista kernel to attackers
An unpatched flaw in an ATI
driver was at the center of
the mysterious Purple Pill
proof-of-concept tool that
exposed a way to maliciously
tamper with the Windows Vista
kernel.
Purple Pill, a utility
released by Alex Ionescu and
yanked an hour later after the
kernel developer realized that
the ATI driver flaw was not
yet patched, provided an easy
way to load unsigned drivers
onto Vista effectively
defeating the new
anti-rootkit/anti-DRM
mechanism built into
Microsofts newest operating
system.
In an interview, Ionescu
confirmed his tool was
exploiting a vulnerability in
an ATI driver atidsmxx.sys,
version 3.0.502.0 to patch
the kernel to turn off certain
checks for signed drivers.
This meant that a malicious
rootkit author could
essentially piggyback on ATIs
legitimately signed driver to
tamper with the Vista
kernel.
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10.08.2007ATI & nVidia Windows Vista
Beta 2 Drivers
To coincide with the release
of Windows Vista Beta 2, both
ATI and nVidia have released
updated drivers for the new
beta 2 build of Windows Vista.
The new nVidia driver includes
the new nVidia Control Panel.
Both drivers can be downloaded
from the links below.
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24.05.2006NVIDIA Drivers Crash Vista
Were you one of the many early Vista adopters who experienced crashing? Well don't go out and point your finger at Microsoft just yet. A recent study
has shown that nearly 30% of Vista crashes(28.8% to be exact) in 2007 were due to NVIDIA drivers. That is an estimated 479,326 systems crashed due to
the drivers.
Microsoft crashes came in second place with 17.9%. While NVIDIA's competitor; ATI, came in fourth in the single
digits with only 9.3%. This is really going go pressure Intel because they have to support the incompatible chipsets. Hopefully in the near future we
can see some improvement on the drivers compatibility.
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29.03.2008Vista graphics drivers to be
more stable than XP drivers,
ATI says
San Francisco (CA) -
Graphics drivers developed for
Vista, Microsoft's next
generation operating system,
will be far more stable than
their Windows XP-based
counterparts, and not crash
the operating system anymore,
an executive of graphics chip
developer ATI told Tom's
Hardware
Guide.
Ben
Bar-Haim, vice president of
ATI's software division, told
us consumers will be able to
identify graphics cards
supporting Vista by way of a
"Vista ready" logo, which
will likely appear in multiple
flavors indicating different
feature levels. The release of
Microsoft's new operating
system may still be at least
one year out, but hardware
manufacturers, including ATI,
are already gearing up for yet
another certification and logo
round: "Vista ready" will be
the catch-phrase promoting
hardware products as a safe
investment.
ATI's
new Xpress 200 integrated
graphics processor (IGP) has
already claimed dibs on the
phrase. Its specifications
appear to meet Microsoft's
current minimum graphics
requirements, which include
support for DirectX 9 and at
least 64 Mb of graphics
memory. "Vista ready",
however, does not necessarily
mean that users will be able
to run all 3D effects.
According to Ben Bar-Haim,
vice president in ATI's
software division, there is a
good chance that there will be
at two "Vista ready" logos -
one covering "basic"
requirements and the other one
"full" feature capability.
Bar-Haim said that "two logos
is the concept right now,"
but the final marketing would
still depend on "further OEM
input." ..
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23.09.2005ATI releases Catalyst 9.3 drivers for Windows 7
Windows 7 users with ATI cards can take a deep sigh of relief today, as ATI has finally made available the latest 9.3 release of their Catalyst driver
suite with proper support for 7.
As well as support for Windows 7, the drivers have supposedly improved Folding@Home performance on it's
HD 2000 series cards and above, and also now include the HDMI audio drivers for Windows Vista by default in the main driver package.
Unfortunately, TV capturing on ATI's All-In-Wonder cards will not function in Windows Media Center and no proper Windows 7 support is included for
this function in this release.
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18.03.2009ATI Driver Flaw Leaves Vista Kernel Open To Attacks
An unpatched flaw in drivers
from ATI creates a security
hole to sneak malware past the
improved security features in
Windows Vista and straight to
the Vista Kernel. Microsoft
says that they are working
with ATI to release an update
and security watchers think
that might be far from
straightforward to roll-out.
The existence of this flaw in
ATI's driver came about after
a developer released a
proof-of-concept tool call
"Purple Pill" which creates
an easy way to load and unload
unsigned and potentially
malicious drivers on Windows
Vista. The utility can be used
to circumvent new anti-rootkit
defenses that are built into
Windows Vista by turning off
checks for signed drivers.
The developer that
wrote the "Purple Pill" tool
pulled the utility hours after
its release and realizing that
the ATI driver flaw "Purple
Pill" uses, which was
recently presented by Vista
Kernel security expert Joanna
Rutkowska at Black Hat last
week. The functionality of
"Purple Pill" is similar to
that of "Atsiv" a tool which
was designed by Linchpin Labs
in Austrailia and is part of a
research project into driver
signing. Microsoft recently
responded to the development
of "Atsiv" by revoking it's
license and classifying it as
malware, much to Linchpin
Labs' surprise. "Atsiv" had
evolved into a project that
allowed users using legacy
hardware to deploy Windows
Vista and to install unsigned
drivers for the legacy
hardware.
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13.08.2007ATi gets WHQL Certification
for Vista Display Drivers
Underlining the company's
leadership in developing
hardware and drivers to
support Microsoft Corp.'s
Windows Vista operating
system, ATI Technologies Inc.
today announced that its
driver has been granted the
graphics industry's first
Windows Hardware Quality Lab
(WHQL) certification for
Windows Vista by Microsoft.
WHQL certification sets a high
bar for quality and
reliability, and is considered
essential by many business and
home users.
Windows
Vista is the first version of
the Microsoft operating system
that requires hardware for 3D
acceleration. WHQL
certification reassures
businesses and consumers that
ATI graphics processors are
fully ready to unlock the
stunning graphical features of
the powerful Windows Vista
platform, including Windows
Vista Premium(1).
"ATI is working closely
with Microsoft to ensure the
best performance and most
reliable Vista experience
through our top-to-bottom line
of graphics processors," said
Ben Bar-Haim, vice president
of software, ATI Technologies
Inc. "With Windows Vista, 3D
graphics now matter to
everyone and ATI's WHQL
certification gives businesses
and consumers alike the
confidence that their ATI
system is ready for
Vista."
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27.09.2006Catalyst 8.12 display driver
AMD has released the new Catalyst 8.12 display driver for Windows XP 32-bit, Windows XP 64-bit, Windows Media Center Edition, Windows Vista 32-bit and
Windows Vista 64-bit. The new Catalyst 8.12 drivers, aside from performance improvements, enable ATI Stream technology. View: ATI website
Download: ATI Catalyst 8.12 Display Driver
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11.12.2008Windows 7 vs. Windows Vista Graphics Performance
Recently, ATI announced that its monthly driver updates will include Windows 7 drivers, well ahead of Win7's release. Nvidia just released new,
better Win7 drivers this month, and promises more improvements to come. So where exactly are we at today, and how far do these two graphics giants
have to go to make Windows 7 a better choice than Vista for gamers?
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18.03.2009ATI Releases Catalyst Beta
Driver for Windows Vista RC1
ATI is one of the first
graphic providers to make a 32
and 64-bit driver that
supports the Longhorn Display
Driver Model (LDDM) the
Microsoft Vista revolutionary
graphic driver standard as
well as the first to provide
LDDM drivers for integrated
graphics processors. By making
LDDM drivers available more
than a full year prior to
Windows Vista release, ATI
provides developers with a
stable, feature-enabled and
performance-optimized platform
for application development.
ATI is also the first to
provide Catalyst®
Windows Vista driver feedback
via our Catalyst®
Crew Feedback program.
Product series
supported:
*
Radeon® 9500, 9550,
9600, 9650, 9700, 9800, X300,
X600, X700, X800, X850
series
*
Radeon® X1300, X1600,
X1800, X1900 series
*
Mobility™
Radeon® 9550, 9600,
9700, 9800, X300, X600, X700,
X800 series
*
Mobility™
Radeon® X1300, X1400,
X1600, X1800 series
*
CrossFire™ Xpress
3200 series
*
Radeon® Xpress 200,
200M series..
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04.09.2006ATI Driver Package Opens Vista to Flaw
In case you haven't seen it,
the ATI driver package can
potentially open your Vista
kernel up to a compromise. ATI
and MS are working to rectify
the issue.
In an interview, Ionescu
confirmed his tool was
exploiting a vulnerability in
an ATI driver - atidsmxx.sys,
version 3.0.502.0 - to patch
the kernel to turn off certain
checks for signed drivers.
This meant that a malicious
rootkit author could
essentially piggyback on
ATI's legitimately signed
driver to tamper with the
Vista kernel.
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