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Project Support Forums => MASM32 => AV Software sh*t list. => Topic started by: Gunner on April 21, 2010, 09:07:24 PM

Title: McAfee antivirus program goes berserk, freezes PCs
Post by: Gunner on April 21, 2010, 09:07:24 PM
Can't a major AV company get anything right?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100421/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_mcafee_antivirus_flaw
Title: Re: McAfee antivirus program goes berserk, freezes PCs
Post by: clive on April 21, 2010, 09:42:31 PM
NO

McAfee regularly removes files it heuristically determines as viruses, it has done it to a number of my files. The fact it would randomly delete system files, and fsck up the system, really doesn't surprise me.

-Clive
Title: Re: McAfee antivirus program goes berserk, freezes PCs
Post by: dedndave on April 21, 2010, 11:52:29 PM
"we tested it on 2 computers - we're good - release it"
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