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2010-04-21 -Short Attention Span Theater-

McAfee Antivirus Update Goes Wrong, Shuts Down KY State Police

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Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2010-04-21 17:18|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 Messed us up here in central CA too.

Posted by Gabby 2010-04-21 19:00|| 2010-04-21 19:00|| Front Page Top

#2 updated version conflicts with my Zonealarm Firewall. Apparently McAfee is now designed to be so obnoxious and annoying that I get rid of my third-party firewall that's worked fine for years. Nice

Posted by Frank G 2010-04-21 19:52|| 2010-04-21 19:52|| Front Page Top

#3 Tried Norton, Frank?

The most annoying thing I've noticed about Norton is it seems to scan pretty often, but not at any set schedule (which I guess is good).

Posted by Barbara Skolaut 2010-04-21 20:01|| 2010-04-21 20:01|| Front Page Top

#4 Always been a Symantec guy myself. Seen McAfee do too many screwy things.
Upgraded to SEP 11 on my machines a coupla months ago. Very satisfied.

Posted by tu3031 2010-04-21 20:05|| 2010-04-21 20:05|| Front Page Top

#5 Always been a mac guy. Seemed simpler and cheaper.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2010-04-21 20:16|| 2010-04-21 20:16|| Front Page Top

#6 I like Mac's and the user interface is simpler and more intuative. Wouldn't agree on the cheaper part though.

Posted by tu3031 2010-04-21 20:36|| 2010-04-21 20:36|| Front Page Top

#7 Windows 7
Firefox
AdBlock Pro
MalwareBytes' Anti Malware.

No problems.

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2010-04-21 21:03|| 2010-04-21 21:03|| Front Page Top

#8 AVG works on my budget. No problems so far.

Posted by Procopius2k 2010-04-21 21:38|| 2010-04-21 21:38|| Front Page Top

#9 The virus signature file reported that svchost.exe was infected, and the program removed it. That file is a vital part of Windows XP and Vista systems. Lot's of people were affected. Call it an iatrogenic problem.

Posted by Eric Jablow 2010-04-21 21:45|| 2010-04-21 21:45|| Front Page Top

#10 i have contended for many years that having McAfee is worse than getting a virus. some virii do not harm your system, and most can be successfully removed.

Posted by abu do you love 2010-04-21 22:52|| 2010-04-21 22:52|| Front Page Top

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