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Computer chaos as antivirus IDs Windows as threat, shuts down systems

4 pointsby lp001about 8 years ago

2 comments

brudgersabout 8 years ago
Story at <i>The Register</i>, <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.theregister.co.uk&#x2F;2017&#x2F;04&#x2F;25&#x2F;webroot_windows_wipeout&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.theregister.co.uk&#x2F;2017&#x2F;04&#x2F;25&#x2F;webroot_windows_wip...</a>
broodjeabout 8 years ago
&quot;The glitch first manifested itself as customers complained that Webroot was mistakenly flagging Facebook.com as a dangerous identity-fishing site.&quot;<p>Mistakenly flagged? Pretty sure that would have been intentional.