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echo: osdebate
to: Geo.
from: mike
date: 2007-05-20 19:04:34
subject: Re: Symantec false positive cripples thousands of Chinese PCs

From: mike 


Yeah, go figure.

 /m


On Sun, 20 May 2007 13:56:26 -0400, "Geo."  wrote:

>So where was Windows File Protection in all of this? Stops me from deleting
>outlook express but it allows malware to delete critical windows files?
>
>Geo.
>
>"mike"  wrote in message
>news:rnbu43p7uu3d0bom2lotfc28mu9oqoia53{at}4ax.com...
>>
>>
http://computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleI
d=9019958
>>
>> ===
>> A signature update to Symantec's anti-virus software crippled thousands
>> of Chinese PCs Friday when the security software took two critical
>> Windows .dll files for malware.
>

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