[pianotech] [Fwd: [DISCUSS] OT: McAfee automated updatedisaster...]

[David Ilvedson]

I don't, I delete them

David Ilvedson, RPT
Pacifica, CA  94044

----- Original message ----------------------------------------
From: "William Truitt" <surfdog at metrocast.net>
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Received: 4/23/2010 5:44:40 PM
Subject: Re: [pianotech] [Fwd: [DISCUSS] OT: McAfee automated updatedisaster...]


>Duane:

>Why do I feel like the Great Unwashed of the software world when you post
>these kinds of things to the forum? :-)

>Will Truitt

>-----Original Message-----
>From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf
>Of Duaine Hechler
>Sent: Friday, April 23, 2010 8:39 PM
>To: pianotech at ptg.org
>Subject: [pianotech] [Fwd: [DISCUSS] OT: McAfee automated update
>disaster...]



>-------- 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-Antivir
>us-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

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>Ben West
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