McAfee Quietly Fixes Software Flaw

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Friday July 14, 2006 @08:31AM from the a-little-communication-would-be-helpful dept.

Chris Reimer writes "The San Jose Mercury News is reporting that McAfee fixed a serious design flaw months ago in their enterprise product without notifying businesses and U.S. government agencies until today." From the article: "McAfee said its own engineers first discovered the flaw, which lets attackers seize control of computers to steal sensitive data, delete files or implant malicious programs. McAfee produced a software update in February but described it only as offering new feature enhancements. Many corporations and government agencies are reluctant to update software unless necessary because of fears that doing so might introduce new problems."

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Security: The new feature! by extremescholar · 2006-07-14 08:45 · Score: -1, Troll

Sounds like a Microsoft ploy. Windows Vista, now with Security! Okay, not really.

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Hmmm... by infosec_spaz · 2006-07-14 09:47 · Score: -1, Troll

Back in the day....Okay, not really, but I have always wanted to start a comment with that :o) McAfee is number one (holding up middle finger) in my book. I think I have about the best anti-virus you can get, it is called L I N U X.

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no need for McAfee anymore by Anonymous Coward · 2006-07-14 10:12 · Score: -1, Troll

too many other good alternatives