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From: Bullwinkle on 23 Apr 2010 17:25 Cool! "Beauregard T. Shagnasty" <a.nony.mous(a)example.invalid> wrote in message news:hqt33k$flh$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... Bullwinkle wrote: > Trouble reading dumbass? > alt.privacy.spyware,24hoursupport.helpdesk,microsoft.public.security.virus Whoops! I looked at your header .. missed his. My misteak. > You must be one of his puppets. Hardly. -- -bts -Four wheels carry the body; two wheels move the soul
From: Buffalo on 23 Apr 2010 17:42 Beauregard T. Shagnasty wrote: > Bullwinkle wrote: > >> Stop Crossposting dumbass. > > He didn't crosspost, dumbass. <g> > > He multi-posted, which is worse. > http://oakroadsystems.com/genl/unice.htm#xpost He cross-posted to 3 groups. alt.privacy.spyware,24hoursupport.helpdesk,microsoft.public.security.virus Where did he multi-post? Buffalo
From: David H. Lipman on 23 Apr 2010 17:59 From: "Bullwinkle" <BDTJ(a)loa.mo> | Trouble reading dumbass? | alt.privacy.spyware,24hoursupport.helpdesk,microsoft.public.security.virus | You must be one of his puppets. He made an honest mistake. A rarity for him. He is not "one of his puppets". He one of the good guys -- really he is. -- Dave http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html Multi-AV - http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp
From: "FromTheRafters" erratic on 23 Apr 2010 18:17 "Juarez" <jua(a)rez.invalid> wrote in message news:hqs6le$1p0$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... > On 23/04/2010 1:38 AM, ~BD~ wrote: >> Thousands of PCs around the world have been paralysed by a security >> update that wrongly labelled part of Windows as a virus. >> >> The update was sent out by security firm McAfee and made affected PCs >> endlessly restart. >> >> Corporate customers of McAfee seemed to be hardest hit but some >> individuals reported problems too. >> >> McAfee apologised for the mistake and released a fix to ensure PCs >> started working again. >> >> Ref: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8636985.stm > > > How can people install a patch if they can't even boot into Windows? ....or if their method of distributing definitions files within their local network is borked - it is just one big mcgaffe! :oD > And it is nice of Macaffee to apologize but what about the monetary > damages they have now caused to corporations? Oh right, they have an > EULA that claims they are not responsible for any damages caused. Ya spins da wheel an ya takes ya chances - there's nothing new here.
From: Peter Foldes on 23 Apr 2010 21:25
You friggin idiot. There you go again doing a copy\paste and making the article sound to be different. Why not advise the people that use McAfee and are affected as to what to do to rectify the issue. You cause more harm than good. See the following dumbass McAfee VirusScan DAT Update May Cause Microsoft Windows System Failure http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/viewAlert.x?alertId=20375 McAfee KnowledgeBase - False positive detection of w32/wecorl.a in 5958 DAT https://kc.mcafee.com:443/corporate/index?page=content&id=KB68780 EXTRA.DAT to suppress detection of w32/wecorl.a false positive with the 5958 DAT file http://community.mcafee.com/docs/DOC-1374 -- Peter Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged. http://www.microsoft.com/protect "~BD~" <BoaterDave.NoSpam(a)Hotmail.co.uk> wrote in message news:hqrmaf$etk$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... > 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 > > > > > > |