Antivirus companies that have made major mistakes....

remixedcat · Feb 6, 2013

Please list those as honest as you can. Please provide more then 5 reported news links per vendor to confirm. Please also indicate the problem in full.

Please make sure to also post your honest experience about the problem with the anti-virus software that you have if you have experienced this major problem..

Remember.... This must have been a widespread problem documented in the media.

Thank you and much appreciated.

OnePostWonder · Feb 6, 2013

I've noticed you've created a couple threads lately for the purpose of collecting info; in one thread you said it was for a client.

Do you mind if I ask what it is you do exactly?

remixedcat · Feb 6, 2013

I am an IT pro....

silkstone · Feb 6, 2013

Just google "avg faulty update" and you'll get lots of articles on different issues. Haven;t heard of many issues with other AV programs.

Issue 1 - deletes files making windows 7 unbootable
Issue 2 - flags adobe software as viruses
Issue 3 - Breaks iTunes

Drone · Feb 6, 2013

All antiviruses got fucked up several times.

AVG leaves pc unbootable

AVG update breaks Windows (2010)

Symantec glitch breaks World of Warcraft

Symantec anti-virus update crashes some computers running Windows XP (2012)

McAfee Anti-Virus Update Breaks Thousands Of PCs (2010)

McAfee's defected update causes user chaos (2012)

Avira Antivirus update cripples millions of Windows PCs (2012)

Symantec confirms hackers stole Norton source code (2012)

Kaspersky antivirus update cripples Internet for thousands of Windows XP machines (yesterday)

hellrazor · Feb 6, 2013

Microsoft; do I really need to add sauce to it?

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Mouse	Logitech G700s/G502
Keyboard	Logitech K740
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Storage	HD103SJ
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Case	Xigmatek Midgard II
Power Supply	PC Power & Cooling Silencer 750W

System Name	RemixedBeast-NX
Processor	Intel Xeon E5-2690 @ 2.9Ghz (8C/16T)
Motherboard	Dell Inc. 08HPGT (CPU 1)
Cooling	Dell Standard
Memory	24GB ECC
Video Card(s)	Gigabyte Nvidia RTX2060 6GB
Storage	2TB Samsung 860 EVO SSD//2TB WD Black HDD
Display(s)	Samsung SyncMaster P2350 23in @ 1920x1080 + Dell E2013H 20 in @1600x900
Case	Dell Precision T3600 Chassis
Audio Device(s)	Beyerdynamic DT770 Pro 80 // Fiio E7 Amp/DAC
Power Supply	630w Dell T3600 PSU
Mouse	Logitech G700s/G502
Keyboard	Logitech K740
Software	Linux Mint 20
Benchmark Scores	Network: APs: Cisco Meraki MR32, Ubiquiti Unifi AP-AC-LR and Lite Router/Sw:Meraki MX64 MS220-8P

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Memory	16Gb Hynix @3200 MHz / 16Gb Hynix @3000Mhz
Video Card(s)	Zotac 3080 / Colorful 1060
Storage	750G MX300 + 2x500G NVMe / 40Tb Reds + 1Tb WD Blue NVMe
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Case	Xigmatek Aquarius Plus / Corsair Air 240
Audio Device(s)	On Board Realtek
Power Supply	Super Flower Leadex III Gold 750W / Andyson TX-700 Platinum
Mouse	Logitech G502 Hero / K400+
Keyboard	Wooting Two / K400+
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Processor	AMD Ryzen 5 5800X3D
Motherboard	ASUS TUF X570 Pro Wifi
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Display(s)	Acer CB281HK
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Power Supply	EVGA Supernova 750 G2
Mouse	Razer Viper 8K
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Antivirus companies that have made major mistakes....

remixedcat

OnePostWonder

remixedcat

silkstone

Drone

hellrazor