Perhaps if someone dies because they were not serviced at a hospital in time. Perhaps.
I would be surprised if anything happened. OTOH, this could have an Enron-like impact on calls for changing legislation or something. *That* wouldn't surprise me so much. -ASB: http://XeeSM.com/AndrewBaker On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 6:11 PM, Ziots, Edward <[email protected]> wrote: > Honestly, this is my personal opinion. I see legal battles over this one > coming to pass, and fairly quickly. > > > > Z > > > > Edward Ziots > > CISSP,MCSA,MCP+I,Security +,Network +,CCA > > Network Engineer > > Lifespan Organization > > 401-639-3505 > > [email protected] > > > > *From:* Andrew S. Baker [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Wednesday, April 21, 2010 6:06 PM > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Re: RE: McAfee DAT problems > > > > We can only hope that there will be repurcussions for McCrappy, but > probably not. > > Trend had a series of update issues a few years back without any major > fallout. > > -ASB: http://XeeSM.com/AndrewBaker > > Sent from my Motorola Droid > > On Apr 21, 2010 5:45 PM, "Walker, Michael" <[email protected]> wrote: > > This was posted an hour ago - > > > McAfee antivirus program goes berserk, freezes PCs > > By PETER SVENSSON, AP Technology Writer Peter Svensson, Ap Technology > Writer – 26 mins ago > > NEW YORK – Computers in companies, hospitals and schools around the world > got stuck repeatedly rebooting themselves Wednesday after an antivirus > program identified a normal Windows file as a virus. > > McAfee Inc. confirmed that a software update it posted at 9 a.m. Eastern > time caused its antivirus program for corporate customers to misidentify a > harmless file. It has posted a replacement update for download. > > > > "We are not aware of significant impact on consumers and believe we have > effectively limited such ... > > Online posters begged to differ, saying thousands of computers running > Windows XP with Service Pack 3 were rendered useless. > > About a third of the hospitals in Rhode Island were forced to stop treating > patients without traumas in emergency rooms. The hospitals also postponed > some elective surgeries, said Nancy Jean, a spokeswoman for the Lifespan > system of hospitals. The system includes Rhode Island Hospital, the state's > largest, and Newport Hospital, the only hospital on Aquidneck Island. > > Jean said patients who required emergency care for gunshot wounds, car > accidents, blunt trauma and other potentially fatal injuries were still > being admitted to the emergency rooms. > > In Kentucky, state police were told to shut down the computers in their > patrol cars as technicians tried to fix the problem. The National Science > Foundation headquarters in Arlington, Va., also lost computer access. > > Peter Juvinall, systems administrator at Illinois State University in > Normal, said that when the first computer started rebooting it quickly > became evident that it was a major problem, affecting dozens of computers at > the College of Business alone. > > "I originally thought it was a virus," he said. When the tech support > people concluded McAfee's update was to blame, they stopped further > downloads of the faulty software update and started shuttling from computer > to computer to get them working again. > > Such personal attention to each PC from a technician appeared to be the > only way to fix the problem because the computers weren't receptive to > remote software updates when stuck in the reboot cycle. That slowed the > recovery. > > Intel Corp. appeared to be among the victims, according to employee posts > on Twitter. Intel did not immediately return calls for comment. > > > > *Michael Walker* > > *Senior Network Engineer* > > Citrus Valley Health Partners > > 140 W. College Street, Covina, CA 91723 > > *Phone/Fax/Pager: (888) 299-6882* > > *[email protected]* <[email protected]> > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
