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Anti-Virus Software Runs Amok, Deleting Wrong Files
Fox News, by Ryan Naraine Original Article
Posted By: SpinMaster - 3/15/2006 2:33:47 PM Post Reply
Anti-virus vendor McAfee is scrambling to contain the damage from a faulty definition update that incorrectly flagged hun! dreds of legitimate software programs as W95/CTX, a low-risk Windows 95 virus that was first detected in 2004. The erroneous .DAT file (4715) was shipped late on March 10 with definitions for a wide range of new malware threats, but when the update was installed, it quarantined or deleted several widely deployed applications...
If you are running McAfee, you may want to check their website.
Robert