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..
Time to leave the swamp? Your linux is ready...
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No More Errors!
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Windows Explorer
I don't think I can buy into that one.
Too far fetched.
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was there anything . . .
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ESET's NOD32 a/v is small, fast, and very good
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mcafee is dumb
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argghhh
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