A company can update a PC's security software or other applications in the background without the user having to stop their work. Each client could have a partition so that virus updates could be handled as the problem arises. Businesses can better protect themselves from viruses by filtering network traffic through a separate partition before it reaches the user.

We are starting out with releasing VT on a single-core Pentium because some government and IT agencies have standards that do not validate dual core as of yet and we want them to still take advantage of virtualization.

The technology being launched today is initially targeted at corporate users. Future home usages could improve remote manageability or improved browsing. This is the first step on a long-term virtualization roadmap to bring new capabilities and usages to corporate IT departments. These new usages and capabilities take advantage of Intel's process technology improvements as Intel moves away from pure GHz to added capability, such as multi-core processors.

Fortunately, you don't need special antivirus or security software for MP3s. If your antivirus is current, there won't be any damage, because the scanner will catch it.

For the average user, it's a reminder that software applications can open security holes and that application vendors do make mistakes that can cause risks for users. No application should be considered completely safe.

If a company does get caught, it's too late to go out and buy the software, ... Otherwise there's no incentive for companies to deal with this on their own. We make it expensive for the companies that get caught.