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From: Mark Warner on 21 Apr 2010 18:06

http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/21/mcafee-update--shutting-down-xp-machines/

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From: David H. Lipman on 21 Apr 2010 18:07
From: "Mark Warner" <mhwarner.inhibitions(a)gmail.com>


| http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/21/mcafee-update--shutting-down-xp-machines/


McAfee f**ked this one up !

The 5959 dat files have been released early due to a DAT Issue Emergency with the 5958 DAT
Files.

The reason for this DAT Issue Emergency is a 'W32/Wecorl.a' False Positive in 5958 DAT.

The various 5959 dat file packages can be found at

http://www.mcafee.com/apps/downloads/security_updates/dat.asp

http://www.us-cert.gov/current/index.html#mcafee_dat_5958_issues



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From: HeyBub on 21 Apr 2010 21:58
Mark Warner wrote:
> http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/21/mcafee-update--shutting-down-xp-machines/

Anybody who uses McAffee (or Norton) AV deserves what he gets.


From: REM on 25 Apr 2010 10:11

> "David H. Lipman" <DLipman~nospam~@Verizon.Net> wrote:

>Just because they use a particular brand name does NOT mean "deserves what he gets".

>That's just plain wrong. Nobody "deserves what he gets". NOBODY.

>I can even argue the differences of McAfee/Symantec enterprise versions of their softwae
>vs. the reatil versions. HeyBub lumped them together. Well the reatil and enterprise
>softwares are as different as night and day.

I guess that most people that I know aren't savvy enough to uninstall
stuff and replace it with quality freeware programs.

The number of PCs that I've rescued (usually via a clean reinstall of
the OS) that came with Norton Trial is pretty large. They are using
strong arm tactics to force a situation where the PC owner either buys
the program or has the PC rendered useless after the trial expires...
due to the average PC user not being a power user.

Do you recall when Norton wrapped itself within the operating system
to the point the PC wouldn't boot if Norton was removed manually? They
actually made a "Norton removal tool" because it could not be
uninstalled?

That's not a company I'll do bidness with regardless of how well their
product is. That's just me, though.


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