Botched Security Update Cripples Thousands of Computers 274
girlmad writes "Thousands of PCs have been crippled by a faulty update from security vendor Malwarebytes that marked legitimate system files as malware code. The update definition meant Malwarebytes' software treated essential Windows.dll and .exe files as malware, stopping them running and thus knocking IT systems and PCs offline, leaving lots of unhappy users and one firm with 80% of its servers offline."
Meanwhile, at Malware Bytes HQ (Score:5, Funny)
"I don't understand... it worked fine in the lab."
Re:Meanwhile, at Malware Bytes HQ (Score:5, Funny)
And to think, just the other day I was being berated for delaying updates on system critical boxes...
Time for a salary increase request :-)
malwarebytes finally gets it right (Score:5, Funny)
It identified the malware, disabled it, and everyone gets upset...
no pleasing some people
Microsoft Security Essentials for Linux... (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Microsoft Security Essentials... (Score:5, Funny)
This is considered the leading AV review site in the world
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Re:Microsoft Security Essentials... (Score:5, Funny)
Don't forget the constant popup windows to tell you how well it's doing.
They're very comforting.