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Title: Bad BitDefender Update Clobbers Windows PCs
Post by: sam on March 21, 2010, 21:06

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Users of the BitDefender antivirus software started flooding the company's support forums Saturday, apparently after a faulty antivirus update caused 64-bit Windows machines to stop working. The company acknowledged the issue in a note explaining the problem. 'Due to a recent update it is possible that BitDefender detects several Windows and BitDefender files as infected with Trojan.FakeAlert.5,' the company said. The acknowledgment came after BitDefender users had logged hundreds of posts on the topic. Some complained of being unable to reboot their systems."

http://tech.slashdot.org/story/10/03/21/1515230/Bad-BitDefender-Update-Clobbers-Windows-PCs

Title: Re: Bad BitDefender Update Clobbers Windows PCs
Post by: Simon on March 21, 2010, 22:49

 :doh:

Title: Re: Bad BitDefender Update Clobbers Windows PCs
Post by: sam on March 21, 2010, 22:52

have windows, will have problems.

Title: Re: Bad BitDefender Update Clobbers Windows PCs
Post by: Simon on March 21, 2010, 23:25

 ;D

Title: Re: Bad BitDefender Update Clobbers Windows PCs
Post by: Clive on March 22, 2010, 10:45

This happened to me on both desktops when I was using AVG.  I ended up dumping AVG and switching to F-Secure and Avast. 

Title: Re: Bad BitDefender Update Clobbers Windows PCs
Post by: sam on March 22, 2010, 13:31

Oh the joys of antivirus.

Title: Re: Bad BitDefender Update Clobbers Windows PCs
Post by: Rik on March 22, 2010, 15:48

Marginally better than the joys of virus, though...

Title: Re: Bad BitDefender Update Clobbers Windows PCs
Post by: Simon on March 22, 2010, 16:28

I've used BitDefender, and found it one of the most unobtrusive of the suites I've tried, in that it didn't slow things down, or use much in the way of resources.  The reason I stopped using it was because it flagged up so many false positives when running a scan.

Title: Re: Bad BitDefender Update Clobbers Windows PCs
Post by: Clive on March 22, 2010, 19:19

Quote from: Rik on March 22, 2010, 15:48

Marginally better than the joys of virus, though...

That's a moot point Rik.  I once had a machine that refused to boot up after a MacAfee update and nothing could solve it.  I ended up removing the hard drive to extract the data to another machine and binning the rest of the tower.  I could have easily removed a virus.   :dunno:

Title: Re: Bad BitDefender Update Clobbers Windows PCs
Post by: Simon on March 22, 2010, 19:39

Some are just impossible to remove.  I often wonder about all of these anti-virus softwares.  They work perfectly, until they let something through, then your computer is screwed.   :-\

Title: Re: Bad BitDefender Update Clobbers Windows PCs
Post by: Clive on March 22, 2010, 21:40

Yes, I have had those thoughts too.   :bawl:

Title: Re: Bad BitDefender Update Clobbers Windows PCs
Post by: sam on March 23, 2010, 00:05

I tell you what... the future... its LINK (http://www.ubuntu.com/)    8-)

Basically with a good firewall and educated users it should never really be a problem.

Title: Re: Bad BitDefender Update Clobbers Windows PCs
Post by: Simon on March 23, 2010, 00:22

Quote from: sam on March 23, 2010, 00:05

I tell you what... the future... its LINK (http://www.ubuntu.com/)    8-)

:aarrgh:

Title: Re: Bad BitDefender Update Clobbers Windows PCs
Post by: Clive on March 23, 2010, 08:59

 :lol2: