Does preEmpt work with Windows XP SP2 and do I still need preEmpt after installing SP2?
Yes, preEmpt is completely compatible with Windows XP SP2 and provides significant security benefits beyond the changes included in SP2. First and foremost, Windows XP SP2 is a one-time event, coming almost a full year after the last significant service pack, SP1. Windows XP SP2 contains a number of important security fixes, including some that were originally identified and published by PivX Labs security researchers complete with mitigation steps to block exploits of those vulnerabilities. preEmpt users have been protected since September 2003 against many of the security holes that are closed in SP2. In addition, preEmpt blocks many more vulnerabilities today that SP2 does not address. Perhaps most importantly, PivX continues to perform industry-leading research into the root cause of additional exploitable vulnerabilities. preEmpt users receive the benefits of that research in the form of new Fixes on a regular basis that block additional classes of vulnerabilities that have yet to
