Bad BitDefender Update Clobbers Windows PCs 150
alphadogg writes "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."
PR - from blue screen to no screen! (Score:2, Funny)
So secure, NOTHING will run (Score:4, Funny)
Re:So secure, NOTHING will run (Score:3, Funny)
Who has the most secure OS now? Take THAT Linux and Mac fanboys!
Or maybe... (Score:5, Funny)
I see a market for a new product: (Score:3, Funny)
Anticlobber software. To protect your computer against misbehaving antivirus software.
Re:what incompetent boobs (Score:3, Funny)
Let me answer in the manner of a hammer legion member poster on a Steam forum:
Wrks fine 4 me. Must b ur computer. loL!! Time 2 upgrade.
Re:So secure, NOTHING will run (Score:3, Funny)
Who has the most secure OS now? Take THAT Linux and Mac fanboys!
Ouch. I feel so... insecure now!
Re:So secure, NOTHING will run (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Update Filter / Schedule (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Quick Scanner (Score:3, Funny)
Flash is a huge security nightmare. Maybe BitDefender was doing the right thing there.
Re:what incompetent boobs (Score:4, Funny)
Re:The cure is worse than the disease (Score:4, Funny)
To Microsoft's credit, they finally sealed some of the fundamental security holes with Vista and Windows 7, and they offer a decent security suite for free,
You have an amusing way of explaining how MS applied a (yet to be proven) band-aid to their self-inflicted wounds.