Wednesday, April 21, 2010

McAfee Antivirus Software Locks Up PCs

Several news sources report that McAfee's anti-virus software is erroneously detecting legitimate Windows system files as malicious, causing reboot loops and serious stability problems for many Windows XP users, according to multiple reports.I've talked to several clients who have experienced the same problem. One Citadel client had to rebuild over 100 affected computers, a complete waste of time for IT staff.

Read the whole story at KrebsOnSecurity.com ...