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Trend Micro Bug Hits Several Important Computers

Posted by Zonk on from the disgruntled-travelers dept.

dmarx writes "The Japan Times reports that a bug in Trend Micro's antivirus software has caused the CPUs of several important computers, including those at East Japan Railway, to grind to a halt. A bug free version was released on noon Saturday." From the article: "Kyodo News experienced LAN access failure from around 8:20 a.m. to shortly before noon. The Asahi Shimbun and Yomiuri Shimbun also had trouble with their LANs at their Tokyo and Osaka bureaus, but the problems did not affect editing or printing of their evening editions."

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  1. Hopfully unrelated by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    Train Derails in West Japan, Killing 50.

  2. Is this anywhere related by PinkX · · Score: -1, Redundant

    To the Japan Train crash? hopefully not.

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  3. Train crash in Japan by woluwedal · · Score: -1, Redundant

    I know its just probably a horrible coincidence, but there's just been a train crash in Japan killing at least 50. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/4480 031.stm

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  4. Re:Tragic. That's the word to describe this by k98sven · · Score: 0, Redundant

    No, shame on you for implying that this bug had anything to do with that accident.

  5. Deaths in Japan by p0 · · Score: -1, Redundant

    A train crash related to this bug has killed 50 people in Japan.

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