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Millions of PCs incapacitated by Symantec

Discussion in 'General Discussion' started by jobeard, May 21, 2007.

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  1. jobeard TechSpot Ambassador

    Millions of Chinese PCs running Symantec Corp. antivirus software have been
    incapacitated by a faulty virus signature distributed last week, government media reported Sunday.

    two files -- netapi32.dll and lsasrv.dll -- were falsely quarantined, which in turn crippled
    Windows. If an affected PC was rebooted, Windows failed on start-up and showed only a blue screen.

    The gory details are found at Computerworld.com
  2. momok Newcomer, in training

    lol. I'm just glad I'm using freeware and not that Symantec Crap.
    Just wondering if they would have to pay compensation to businesses...

    Momok =)
  3. Stacey Newcomer, in training

    Glad I'm not using Norton anymore.
  4. Phantasm66 Newcomer, in training

    I haven't installed a Symantec product on my machine in donkey's years.
  5. Rage_3K_Moiz Sith Lord

    The most *****ic part is people actually use their products and recommend them to others!
  6. cfitzarl TechSpot Chancellor

    All I can do is laugh :D !
  7. AtK SpAdE TechSpot Chancellor

    Its to bad the general public trust them with the important task of safe guarding their PC.
  8. mailpup TechSpot Special Forces

    I would expect the Chinese to switch from Symantec in droves. If not, why not? If any antivirus program did that to me regardless of the brand, I wouldn't give them a second chance anytime soon.
  9. CMH TechSpot Chancellor

    Lawl, now, thats classic.

    Haven't used Norton myself for a long long time....
  10. howard_hopkinso Newcomer, in training

    I feel sorry for all the folks who`s computers have been crashed by Symantec/Norton crapware. This is just another reason not to install that substandard, resource hogging, computer crashing crap.

    Regards Howard :)
  11. Mictlantecuhtli TS Special Forces

    Most likely they use them because they come preinstalled with a new computer.
  12. Rage_3K_Moiz Sith Lord

    I didn't mean the ones who use them because it's pre-installed. I mean the ones who actually install it manually and tell other people to do so as well. I've met quite a few of those. :)
  13. bushwhacker TechSpot Chancellor

    Fortunately, I quit using the Norton Antivirus and Firewall since they are memory - and resource - hogging my system.

    I only use the Systemworks on my win98SE on my computer.

    Thank god for NOD32.
  14. kitty500cat Newcomer, in training

    Same here.
  15. Same here, I use good ole' JerkAfee. It is the best I've used an it was free.
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