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McAfee AND XP USERS READ ME NOW!!! (Read 373 times)
Apr 21st, 2010 at 5:35pm

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http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-20003074-83.html

If you haven't updated your McAfee software yet today, WAIT! It seems a programming error is causing the software to classify a critical Windows file as one that is malicious, causing Windows XP to get stuck in a rebooting cycle.

Work around instructions are here:
http://vil.nai.com/vil/5958_false.htm
« Last Edit: Apr 22nd, 2010 at 9:10am by Groundbound1 »  
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Reply #1 - Apr 22nd, 2010 at 8:23am

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you went ahead of me ,I was about to post this too

I never find any "potential virus" using always Free antivirus like avg and now avira , I can't understand how a payware industry update to a virus ..

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/2919540/mcafee_kills_thousands_of_windo...

http://news.yahoo.com/video/losangelescbs2-15750780/software-update-mistaken-as-...
 
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