Rogue McAfee update paralyzes PCs worldwide

[Hot Mega]

WASHINGTON (AFP) – A routine anti-virus update from Web security firm McAfee confused a valid Windows file with a virus on Wednesday, disrupting computers around the world.

Universities, hospitals and businesses across the United States were among those reporting problems after the update misidentified a valid Windows system file as malicious code and caused computers to continually reboot.

The problem hit corporate users of Microsoft's Windows XP Service Pack 3 operating system, according to McAfee, which released another update later in the day to fix the problem and urged customers to download it.

The Internet Storm Center, an initiative of the SANS Technology Institute which monitors problems on the Web, said "the affected systems will enter a reboot loop and lose all network access."

The center said it received reports of "networks with thousands of down machines and organizations who had to shut down for business until this is fixed."

The McAfee software slip "pretty much took Intel down today," said analyst Rob Enderle of Enderle Group in Silicon Valley.

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[TheAdmiral]

My mom mentioned this when she got home from work

 

[bustybbwlover]

rogue implies somehow mcafee wasn't at fault but in truth they fucked up...they fucked up real bad

 

[Lust]

love the contrast in quotes here....

McAfee for its part said "we are not aware of significant impact on consumers

The McAfee software slip "pretty much took Intel down today," said analyst Rob Enderle of Enderle Group in Silicon Valley.


lol, apparently this is a new definition of "significant impact" i'm unfamiliar with.