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Bad BitDefender Update Clobbers Windows PCs
alphadogg writes "Users of the BitDefender antivirus software started flooding the company's support forums Saturday, apparently after a faulty antivirus update caused 64-bit Windows machines to stop working. The company acknowledged the issue in a note explaining the problem. 'Due to a recent update it is possible that BitDefender detects several Windows and BitDefender files as infected with Trojan.FakeAlert.5,' the company said. The acknowledgment came after BitDefender users had logged hundreds of posts on the topic. Some complained of being unable to reboot their systems."
It is too bad that Microsoft has learned what we have all known for years. It's software is a virus, infecting our lives and bank accounts for years. I wish there was a way to filter updates. The addition of Hide Update was a major improvement but now if we could just Block any Service Pack, BitDefender, and patch less than 2 months old from updating that would be wonderful. It is not like microsoft reacts in a timely manner to its vulnerabilities anyway, what is another 2-6 months of being unprotected? I think the people in QA need a pay bump. The only reason I can come up with is they are payed so low that after they are done milking Microsoft and get fired they can always find a better paying job in the food industry.
well not poor, they paid the $250+ for Windows 64 bit, lamers...
Windows security is certainly improving (fuck off if you think otherwise), but it's really a case of educating dumbass users. Linux is only 'more secure' because it's not generally used by dumbasses.
So... do you have a more practical solution? Didn't think so.
You can't get good security by improving something that's not designed to be secure. You can't educate users away from design problems, you have to replace the bad design.