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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-21-10 04:43 PM Original message |
McAfee Antivirus wiped out thousands of Windows XP machines |
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Moondog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-21-10 04:45 PM Response to Original message |
1. Yikes! |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-21-10 04:48 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. It acted like the mother of all viruses/malware |
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texanwitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-21-10 04:50 PM Response to Original message |
3. Another reason never to use McAfee. |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-21-10 04:52 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. I have to see tomorrow if I can fix them with McAfee's instructions |
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texanwitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-21-10 04:54 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. One of my laptops came with McAfee, I took it off. |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-21-10 05:07 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. It hit XP but not Windows 7, no mention of Vista one way or another |
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texanwitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-21-10 05:13 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. At work we got hit my Security Tools virus. |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-21-10 04:50 PM Response to Original message |
4. I've always disliked McAfee. |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 08:42 AM Response to Reply #4 |
15. This is the first time I have ever heard of an Anti Virus causing such wide spread |
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goldcanyonaz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-21-10 04:50 PM Response to Original message |
5. That sucks, too bad Linux didn't go where most of us thought it would. |
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HopeHoops (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-21-10 04:53 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. I've got an HP netbook that came loaded with Linux. I love the thing. |
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goldcanyonaz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-21-10 04:56 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Yep, I administered the systems for years but end users always complained about it. |
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HopeHoops (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-21-10 05:12 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Oh hell, I had KDE running on (forget which distribution) ten years ago and it blew away Windows. |
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pokerfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-21-10 05:50 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. My next machine |
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BethCA66 (188 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-21-10 05:53 PM Response to Original message |
14. Yikes! (GAR!) |
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