-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [DISCUSS] OT: McAfee automated update disaster... Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2010 14:34:51 -0500 From: Ben West <westbywest at gmail.com> Reply-To: SLUUG general discussion <discuss at sluug.org> To: SLUUG general discussion <discuss at sluug.org> In case you had not already read about it, this may the cause of your parent's/relative's/partner's Windoze box acting up: http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2010/04/21/business/AP-US-TEC-McAfee-Antivirus-Flaw.html?_r=1 The fix (which is not easy): http://download.cnet.com/8301-2007_4-20003106-12.html?tag=col1;post-1066 Thankfully, this sort of problem never happens under open source: http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2002-24.html -- Ben West westbywest at gmail.com _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss at sluug.org http://www.sluug.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss -- Duaine Hechler Piano, Player Piano, Pump Organ Tuning, Servicing & Rebuilding Reed Organ Society Member Florissant, MO 63034 (314) 838-5587 dahechler at att.net www.hechlerpianoandorgan.com -- Home & Business user of Linux - 10 years
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