A service pack-like update for McAfee's VirusScan Enterprise 8.7i, which has been in the making for several months, was pulled from download on June 2, after it caused problems to customers. False positives on some system files, which were detected as W32/Generic.worm.aa and deleted, left computers unbootable. ... |
10 June 2009
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False positives are not only potentially more annoying or damaging to computers than the viruses themselves, but they can also put a dent in the profits of legitimate businesses. The sales of a popular UK online florist shop dropped 50% after electronic communications security giant MessageLabs wrongfully tagged thei... |
20 December 2008
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Users of the popular AVG antivirus product reported on the company's support forum that an Adobe flash component had been detected as a generic password stealing Trojan. This was caused by a faulty definition file that was pushed to users on Friday and followed a similar incident that occurred earlier this week,... |
15 November 2008
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Users of the popular AVG antivirus software had an unpleasant surprise when they were locked outside of the Windows operating system because they accepted a confirmation dialog saying that user32.dll (Windows User API Client DLL) is a Trojan component and needs to be deleted. AVG issued an update to fix the problem a... |
12 November 2008
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The Windows Vista console IME was incorrectly tagged by McAfee's security products as Trojan PWS-LegMir due to a faulty definitions file. The false positive was corrected in a later definitions update.The 5409 DAT files released on October 20, 2008 contained a bad signature that falsely detected a legit Windows ... |
22 October 2008
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People that use the AVG anti-virus, along with the ZoneAlarm firewall, had an unpleasant surprise when AVG suddenly started to block and quarantine Check Point's popular firewall solution. The false positive was caused by a bogus malware definition file update and AVG eventually addressed the issue.This problem ... |
17 October 2008
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The antivirus definitions released by Trend Micro Inc. for several of its products on September 5 caused computers to become unstable or unusable. The definitions falsely identified vital system files on both Windows Vista and Windows XP computers as malware, and added them to quarantine. Upon rebooting, this situati... |
9 September 2008
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Kaspersky has taken a bite out of the core of Windows Vista and Windows XP. Following the release and implementation of faulty signature updates, several versions of the security solutions from the Russian antivirus maker have taken a swing at the heart of Microsoft's Windows client and have managed to take out ... |
21 December 2007
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Remember a couple of days ago I was telling you about how the Britster had failed a drug test? Yes, well, it's all true, and here comes the madness that I was predicting at the time: in a surprise move (joke) Brit is currently blaming the court-ordered urine sample which returned a positive reading last week on ... |
14 November 2007
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