From: "Gary Wiltshire" 

On Tue, 14 Mar 2006 06:18:08 -0500, Phil Payne
 wrote:

> http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2151887/mcafee-virus-update-wreaks
>
> "McAfee was forced to publish an update to its virus pattern database on
> Friday after the previous version mistakenly flagged system files as
> malware.
>
> The error caused several versions of McAfee's antivirus software to
> quarantine or delete system files, depending on the software's
> configuration.
>
> Affected applications included Microsoft Excel, Google Toolbar Installer,
> Macromedia Flash Player and Windows XP."
>
> Works for me.
>

I remember one of the freebie programs claiming a small batch file I'd
written myself was a virus.  Must have been some kind of pattern matched.

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Gary Wiltshire

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