"~BD~" <BoaterDave.NoSpam@Hotmail.co.uk> wrote in
news:hqrmaf$etk$1@news.eternal-september.org:
> Thousands of PCs around the world have been paralysed by a security
> update that wrongly labelled part of Windows as a virus.
>
> The update was sent out by security firm McAfee and made affected PCs
> endlessly restart.
>
> Corporate customers of McAfee seemed to be hardest hit but some
> individuals reported problems too.
>
> McAfee apologised for the mistake and released a fix to ensure PCs
> started working again.
>
> Ref: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8636985.stm
>
Exactly why you don't fix what's not broken. Update your virus
information files until you can't anymore and *never* your AV program
until you have no choice.
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