"Juarez" <jua@rez.invalid> wrote in message
news:hqs6le$1p0$1@news.eternal-september.org...
> On 23/04/2010 1:38 AM, ~BD~ wrote:
>> 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
>
>
> How can people install a patch if they can't even boot into Windows?

....or if their method of distributing definitions files within their
local network is borked - it is just one big mcgaffe! D

> And it is nice of Macaffee to apologize but what about the monetary
> damages they have now caused to corporations? Oh right, they have an
> EULA that claims they are not responsible for any damages caused.

Ya spins da wheel an ya takes ya chances - there's nothing new here.