Bad BitDefender Antivirus Update Hobbles Windows PCs

KrebsOnSecurity: A faulty update is being blamed for incapacitating an untold number of Microsoft Windows systems running anti-virus software from BitDefender. ...BitDefender says the problem occurred Saturday morning with a faulty update for 64-bit Windows systems that caused multiple Windows and BitDefender files to be quarantined. The bad update causes the anti-virus program to flag thousands of legitimate Windows and BitDefender program files as a threat called “”FakeAlert.5″.

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