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Anti-Virus Bug Briefly Identified Windows Explorer as Malware

Posted by Zonk on from the err-oops-pay-no-attention-to-your-OS dept.

SJ2000 writes "Windows Explorer was quarantined last week by Kaspersky Lab's antivirus software after being falsely identified as malicious code. The security company's systems had decided that a virus called Huhk-C was present in the explorer.exe file, leading to its confinement or, in some cases, deletion. The bug was only live in the wild for two hours, and ended up affecting just one corporate customer and a handful of home users."

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  1. I don't get it... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Windows identified as malware... why is this a bug?

    1. Re:I don't get it... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      > Windows identified as malware... why is this a bug?

      Because it only identified the explorer component.

  2. Windows Is Not A Virus! by filesiteguy · · Score: 5, Funny

    Viruses are small and efficient.

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  3. um, don't they test these things before releasing? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Shouldn't this have been caught by even the simplest test before releasing?

    That's my first reaction, now I'm off to RTFA

  4. Re:um, don't they test these things before releasi by ubrgeek · · Score: 5, Funny

    You're right. But sometimes MS is in a hurry to get their product out.

    Oh, you mean Kaspersky Labs ...

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  5. O rly? by Dunbal · · Score: 5, Funny

    The bug was only live in the wild for two hours, and ended up affecting just one corporate customer and a handful of home users.

          And yet it still made the front page of Slashdot.

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  6. Re:Anti-Virus Bug Briefly Identified Windows Explo by realdodgeman · · Score: 5, Funny

    So what does that mean? are we all fucked?
    No, just you. We run Mac, Linux and BSD.