Comment 2 for bug 648272

David,

This is not a bug, it's a feature. According to upstream you can disable NX Bit using the kernel flag "noexec=off and noexec32=off", if you still have problems, disable it in your CPU too using your BIOS. Please also refrain from making false statements about other operating systems on Launchpad. While I am no Windows fanboy, it is not true that "Microsoft needs to BUY some CODE" in this case, since Microsoft has implemented DEP (NX Bit) since Windows XP SP2 and NX Bit was mostly designed to prevent buffer overflows, not all Malware, if it was designed to prevent all types of Malware you certainly wouldn't ever see rootkits and backdoors on corporate Linux and Windows environments.