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Here we go again with false positive antivirus actions bricking computers

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Darwin:
Blurs the line between the guys writing the virii and the security companies...

mwb1100:
Here's my patent-pending idea for AV companies to help solve at least some of these problems... never automatically delete any file properly signed by Microsoft.  You might even want to make it difficult to allow the user to initiate a delete operation on such a file.  Maybe have malware detected in such a file initiate a report to your tech support - either the user's computer is totally owned by malware, the malware detection has a significant flaw, or Microsoft has screwed something up royally.

Any of these 3 situations warrants careful consideration of the proper next steps, not just a blind delete (or even quarantine, in my opinion).

Innuendo:
Honestly when are these antivirus companies people who install McAfee products going to learn that this behavior is unacceptable?-mouser (April 21, 2010, 03:17 PM)
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There you go, Mouser. Fixed that for you.  :D

Number99:
Honestly when are these antivirus companies people who install McAfee products going to learn that this behavior is unacceptable?-mouser (April 21, 2010, 03:17 PM)
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There you go, Mouser. Fixed that for you.  :D
-Innuendo (April 23, 2010, 10:34 AM)
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 :Thmbsup:

rxantos:
Why not simply require each executable to be digitally signed?
And whats the point of having an anti-virus that will act as a virus itself?

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