Latest Antivirus Error: McAfee Blocks A Bunch Of Popular Sites As Risky
from the sorry-about-that dept
A little over a week after Kaspersky's anti-virus software declared Windows Explorer was a virus, it appears that McAfee has had its own mistake, as an anti-virus update from the company started warning people to stay away from a bunch of popular sites, including ESPN, Friendster and Ars Technica. McAfee later admitted that it was a mistake on its end, but it seems that we're seeing these kinds of false positives on a fairly frequent basis these days. It's yet another sign that things need to change in how security software works -- but instead of real advances, it still seems like firms are bogged down with things like pointless patent battles.
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old adage..
It's hard to drain the swamp when you're up to your neck in alligators..
Time to leave the swamp? Your linux is ready...
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Re: old adage..
Ubuntu baby
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Absolutely. I got an HP Pavilion dv6000 laptop in August that came with Vista Business preinstalled and it drove me nuts. Tried Ubuntu 7.10 out by dual-booting and it took me a week to decide that all of my boxes from here on out will be Ubuntu or at least some form of Linux. I love it and did install Avast for antivirus "just in case" and I'm looking forward to years with out problems. I may not be able to play as many games but I'm sure my wife has no problem with that.
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No More Errors!
We mustn't let up the War On Error! Otherwise the errorists will win!
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Windows Explorer
Windows Explorer is not a virus?
I don't think I can buy into that one.
Too far fetched.
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was there anything . . .
In the sites that was tripping the anti-virus software, or was it just a bug in the virus defintion itself?
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ESET's NOD32 a/v is small, fast, and very good
I use ESET's NOD32 (http://eset.com) antivirus tool on Windows, and it's small, fast, and has never missed a virus. In fact, NOD32's claim to fame is that it has never missed an in-the-wild virus. Not surprizingly, they push out a virus database to their client sometimes two or three times a day.
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