GeForce 376.33 drivers offer extra security to gamers
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Nvidia's driver team has a fresh new release, but it doesn't include the usual grab-bag of optimizations and features. Instead, the GeForce 376.33 drivers focus primarily on security. This release fixes multiple low-level security vulnerabilities, including one that could allow a rogue piece of software to gain administrator access in Windows 7 or Windows 8.1 machines. Nvidia addressed a handful of other issues, including a video corruption problem that occurred when users attempted to watch two YouTube videos at the same time in the Chrome browser.
Other issues remain unresolved, like Dead Rising 4 crashing when launched with the low or medium graphics presets enabled. Nvidia also disabled the SLI profile for ...