McAfee has changed its official response [warning: interstitial] on how many enterprise customers were affected by a bug thatcaused havoc on computers globally. It originally stated the bug affected 'less than half of 1 per cent' of enterprise customers. NowMcAfee's blog states it was a 'small percentage' of enterprise customers
zd Net notes a supermarket giant in Australia that had to close down its stores as they were affected by the bug, causing a loss of thousands of dollars http://siblog.mcafee.com/support/mcafee-response-on-current-false-positive-issue/ <http://siblog.mcafee.com/support/mcafee-response-on-current-false-positive-issue/> http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=8656 <http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=8656>McAfee's "DAT" file version 5958 is causing widespread problems with Windows XP SP3. The affected systems will enter a reboot loop and loose all network access. We have individual reports of other versions of Windows being affected as well. However, only particular configurations of these versions appear affected. The bad DAT file may infect individual workstations as well as workstations connected to a domain. The use of "ePolicyOrchestrator", which is used to update virus definitions across a network, appears to have lead to a faster spread of the bad DAT file. The ePolicyOrchestrator is used to update "DAT" files throughout enterprises. It can not be used to undo this bad signature because affected system will lose network connectivity. What the lesson to be learned? -- Justin IT-TECH ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
