Why I don't use McAfee virus software:

[nikimcbee]

Which is worse? The virus or the virus software?

McAfee had a bad hairday today. For those of who have haven't heard, McAfee released a "bad software update" that made the virus program think a peticular windows file is a virus, thus causing the computer to crash then a re-boot loop.

The problem, the company I work for relys on XP and has a corperate account w/ McAfee. So, this morning when the update hit, ALL computers in the company crashed!

cAfee DAT 5958 Update Issues
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Published: 2010-04-21,
Last Updated: 2010-04-21 21:08:19 UTC
by Guy Bruneau (Version: 3)
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McAfee's "DAT" file version 5958 is causing widespread problems with Windows XP SP3. The affected systems will enter a reboot loop and loose all network access. We have individual reports of other versions of Windows being affected as well. However, only particular configurations of these versions appear affected. The bad DAT file may infect individual workstations as well as workstations connected to a domain. The use of "ePolicyOrchestrator", which is used to update virus definitions across a network, appears to have lead to a faster spread of the bad DAT file. The ePolicyOrchestrator is used to update "DAT" files throughout enterprises. It can not be used to undo this bad signature because affected system will lose network connectivity.
The problem is a false positive which identifies a regular Windows binary, "svchost.exe", as "W32/Wecorl.a", a virus. If you are affected, you will see a message like:

I had a similar problem with norton anti-virus, and that was the last time norton was on my computer.

I think it's a plot by microsoft to get you to dump XP and switch to the current flavo(u)r of windows.