Microsofdt False Positive declared Google Chrome malware

[David H. Lipman]

http://www.zdnet.com/blog/bott/users...06?tag=nl.e589

"Hundreds of users on Google Chrome Help forum this morning reported that Microsoft
security products were identifying Chrome as a password-stealing Trojan and removing it. Update:
Microsoft acknowledged the issue, posted a fix.

UPDATE, 1:40 PM PDT: Microsoft has identified the problem as being caused by a faulty
definition file. This text has been added to the relevant page at the company’s Malware
Protection Center: "

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[FromTheRafters]

"David H. Lipman" <DLipman~nospam~@Verizon.Net> wrote in message
news:j65n9e025dv@news2.newsguy.com...
> http://www.zdnet.com/blog/bott/users...06?tag=nl.e589
>
> "Hundreds of users on Google Chrome Help forum this morning reported that
> Microsoft security products were identifying Chrome as a password-stealing
> Trojan and removing it. Update: Microsoft acknowledged the issue, posted a
> fix.
>
> UPDATE, 1:40 PM PDT: Microsoft has identified the problem as being caused by a
> faulty definition file. This text has been added to the relevant page at the
> companys Malware Protection Center: "

How embarrassing for them, were the QC folks on furlough?

[David H. Lipman]

From: "FromTheRafters" <erratic.howard@gmail.com>

> "David H. Lipman" <DLipman~nospam~@Verizon.Net> wrote in message news:j65n9e025dv@news2.newsguy.com...
>> http://www.zdnet.com/blog/bott/users...06?tag=nl.e589
>>
>> "Hundreds of users on Google Chrome Help forum this morning reported that Microsoft
>> security products were identifying Chrome as a password-stealing Trojan and removing
>> it. Update: Microsoft acknowledged the issue, posted a fix.
>>
>> UPDATE, 1:40 PM PDT: Microsoft has identified the problem as being caused by a faulty
>> definition file. This text has been added to the relevant page at the companys Malware
>> Protection Center: "
>
> How embarrassing for them, were the QC folks on furlough?

The IE group had their day in the sun ;-)



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Dave
Multi-AV Scanning Tool - http://multi-av.thespykiller.co.uk
http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp