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IT admins across the globe are letting out a collective groan after servers and PCs running McAfee VirusScan were brought down when the anti-virus program attack their core system files. In some cases, this caused the machines to display the dreaded blue screen of death.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/07...sitive_glitch/
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Ouch.
Sounds familar to when Panda detected windll in vista machines as malware :(
I think most of the major AV suppliers have had similar experiences in the past few years.Quote:
Sounds familar to when Panda detected windll in vista machines as malware :(
I know that there is a lot more pressure to respond rapidly to malware updates these days but this does suggest a degree of sloppiness both on the part of the vendors and the users?
Attacking some obscure or obsolete application is one thing, but screwing up the operating system is quite different. It doesn't take long to install on a reference machine and see if the OS and common applications still work :(
If the AV brings down the OS, then it sounds as if it was set to either delete or quarantine suspect files.
I wouldn't run an AV if it didn't have the option to "ask" rather than act ;)
Incidentally, I noticed that the free version of Avira has the option to set the scan "paranoia" level. It warns you that if you set it to "high" you may well get false positives. I thought that was a nice little touch.
I also like the Malwarebytes' automatic rescanning of the quarantine folder to see if anything in there has now be reclassified as OK.
Thats a nice touch...Quote:
I also like the Malwarebytes' automatic rescanning of the quarantine folder to see if anything in there has now be reclassified as OK.