Or better yet... Don't install McAfee On 4/24/10, Micheal Espinola Jr <[email protected]> wrote: > The same as it ever was. Test. > > -- > ME2 > > > On Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 2:23 PM, justino garcia > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> 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/> ~
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