Microsoft Anti-Spyware Removes Norton Anti-Virus

Posted by Zonk on Saturday February 11, 2006 @11:32AM from the that's-a-big-oops dept.

An anonymous reader writes "According to a story over at Washingtonpost.com, the latest definitions file for Microsoft's Anti-Spyware beta flags Symantec's Norton Antivirus products as a password-stealing trojan and prompts users to delete portions of the program. Users who follow the instructions hose their installation of Norton, requiring delicate Windows registry edits and a complete removal/reinstall of Norton. Microsoft's support forum is quickly filling up with complaints about this problem, many from businesses that have been pretty hard hit. This should be a cautionary tale about deploying beta products in production environments."

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In other news... by deesto · 2006-02-11 12:41 · Score: 0, Offtopic

It also bans mozilla.org as a p0rn/popup site.
Re:So crazy... by Master+of+Transhuman · 2006-02-11 12:53 · Score: 1, Offtopic

Fuck that!

Give me a medium all-meat topping pizza! Five meat toppings - none of the vegetarian shit for me!

And NO anchovies! NO ANCHOVIES! You put anchovies on that thing and you're in big trouble, dude!

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Richard Steven Hack - This sig is TOO GODDAMN SHORT TO DO ANYTHING USEFUL WITH! MORONS!