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Here we go again with false positive antivirus actions bricking computers

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mouser:
And whats the point of having an anti-virus that will act as a virus itself?
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 ;D ;D ;D maybe we need a new kind of software utility:
"AntiVirus Watchdog"

it's job is to watch over all anti-virus program activity and kill the antivirus if it gives a false alarm.

nudone:
right, so that would be an AntiAntiVirus? or maybe an Anti2Virus?

i see a whole new industry dedicated to this threat 10 years from now.  :)

mouser:
 ;D

bgd77:
Why not simply require each executable to be digitally signed?
-rxantos (April 26, 2010, 11:07 AM)
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You mean, as it happens for Symbian OSes?

I don't think it is a great idea. It would mean that every freeware application would need to be signed and I don't think that a lot of the developers would have the money to do this. I think this is one of the advantages of Windows, being able to create your little, useful application at home, run it, and then being able to distribute it around the world, on other Windows OSes where (hopefully) it will work.

Deozaan:
Maybe Microsoft will sue McAfee now. That ought to get their attention!

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