Or better yet...  Don't install McAfee

On 4/24/10, Micheal Espinola Jr <[email protected]> wrote:
> The same as it ever was.  Test.
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> ME2
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> On Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 2:23 PM, justino garcia
> <[email protected]>wrote:
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>> 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
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>> 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
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>>  <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
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