[LINK] Windows virus cured
Fernando Cassia
fcassia at gmail.com
Wed Nov 12 19:20:47 AEDT 2008
On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 1:50 AM, David Boxall
<david.boxall at hunterlink.net.au> wrote:
> Hilarious:
> <http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2230223/avg-update-deletes-critical>
>> A recent update from antivirus firm AVG has caused havoc with some users by deleting a critical file in Windows XP after incorrectly detecting it as a virus.
>
Doesn't Windows, since about the infamous "Windows ME" supposedly come
with a feature that prevents critical files from being deleted?
http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Windows-Resource-Protection
And second, gee, AVG should have a list of system files for the
known/supported OSs it runs on... Sheesh! (for AVG)
Good one :)
FC
More information about the Link
mailing list