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Use McAfee? Computer Crashed?

April 23, 2010

If you’re one of the many computer users who’ve experienced a computer crash (with perpetual reboot) because of McAfee’s latest update (and screw up), here’s an article you might want to read.  It will tell you why it happened, how it happened, and what you need to do fix it.

If you haven’t experienced the crash, chances are you’re not using Windows XP SP3 with VirusScan 8.7, the newest version.

The snafu was blamed on rapid turnover: the pressure to release virus signatures as fast as possible meant shortcuts in QA, which would have picked up on the problem.

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