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McAfee AND XP USERS READ ME NOW!!!

Postby Groundbound1 » Wed Apr 21, 2010 4:35 pm

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-20003074-83.html

If you haven't updated your McAfee software yet today, WAIT! It seems a programming error is causing the software to classify a critical Windows file as one that is malicious, causing Windows XP to get stuck in a rebooting cycle.

Work around instructions are here:
http://vil.nai.com/vil/5958_false.htm
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Re: McAfee AND XP USERS READ ME NOW!!!

Postby Alejandro Rhodes » Thu Apr 22, 2010 7:23 am

you went ahead of me ,I was about to post this too

I never find any "potential virus" using always Free antivirus like avg and now avira , I can't understand how a payware industry update to a virus ..

http://www.associatedcontent.com/articl ... ws_xp.html

http://news.yahoo.com/video/losangelesc ... s-19260704
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