Last Wednesday, a bad patch was released as an update for McAfee antivirus. It caused many computers to crash, some were unrecoverable. I run XP Pro with the Service Pack 3, and didn’t have any probs. Though as a precaution, I did turn off the auto-updates for a few days.
Apparently a lot of computers crashed world-wide over the issue. But for the record, I run XP Pro with SP3 and I experienced no issues whatsoever. Though I did turn off auto-updates for a few days, as a precaution. My computers didn’t crash, neither did those of any one I know. I like McAfee, it’s been a great product for the past 5 years since I switched from Norton (hate that one) to McAfee. McAfee has consistently been in the top rated 5 best world over category for at least 5 years.
McAfee’s damage control dept released a vid of the CEO David DeWald apologizing and explaining the entire issue. I think he did a great job, there was no sign of arrogance, and humility speaks volumes. I have a lot of respect for that company and it’s CEO.
I’m still using their products and will continue too, I’m sure. For those that aren’t familiar with the Site Advisor–it’s a very helpful little tool to use while browsing to help protect you while you surf the Net. The Site Advisor works with IE (Internet Explorer) and FireFox browsers. (Bummer it doesn’t work on Chrome–professional jealousies in play, I guess.)
Here are a few (but well-chosen) articles on the issue:
Filed under: Computer, International, Security, Software, Strange News, Tech, McAfee, McAfee + XP, McAfee bad patch, McAfee poisoned update, McAfee Site Advisor, McAfee updates, SP3, XP
