On May 22, 5:23 am, BearItAll <s...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
> > Symantec "false positive" crunches thousands of Chinese Windows XP PCs
>
> > ,----[ Quote ]
> > | The Chinese Internet Security Response Team (CISRT) have now dubbed
> > | May 18 as "Black Friday" and called it a horrible day. Although the
> > | problem only affected the "simplified Chinese" version of Windows
> > | XP, Chinese reports are that around 7,000 users were affected when
> > | the anti-virus software deleted the two files. When users rebooted
> > | their PCs, they were greeted with the "blue screen of death".
> > `----
>
> >http://techlogg.com/content/view/180/1/
>
> I always thought that was a major risk. But the major problem here isn't
> that they was a bug, the problem here is that it look like virus fixes go
> out without a proper test. Had it been tested then it would have deleted
> these files on the test machine. It seems that the users didn't know of the
> problem until a reboot, but I would have thought that a reboot testing
> anti-v software was essencial at all times.
>
> It is hard enough persuading users to keep their anti-virus onboard, because
> of how much it slows down their PCs, but if they start to lose interest in
> anti-virus because the anti-virus software itself can not be trusted, then
> the last obtion of MS security is gone.
>
> I know anti-virus have to be quick off the mark, but not so quick that they
> are a greater threat than the virus.
Wouldn't it be nice if you had an OS that didn't need anti-virus
software? Like Linux?
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