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McAfee Retracts Lowball Bug Damage Estimate

Posted by kdawson on from the had-our-fingers-crossed dept.

bennyboy64 writes "McAfee has changed its official response [warning: interstitial] on how many enterprise customers were affected by a bug that caused havoc on computers globally. It originally stated the bug affected 'less than half of 1 per cent' of enterprise customers. Now McAfee's blog states it was a 'small percentage' of enterprise customers. ZDNet is running a poll and opinion piece on whether McAfee should compensate customers. ZDNet notes a supermarket giant in Australia that had to close down its stores as they were affected by the bug, causing a loss of thousands of dollars."

3 of 233 comments (clear)

  1. Re:McAfee by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I, too, not run Avast Home. Me switch to MS Security Essentials.

  2. Re:Really? by pinkj · · Score: 5, Funny

    Maybe Australia only has one big grocery store somewhere in the Outback. Kinda of like what we have in Canada except it's a giant igloo in northern Toronto.

  3. Made quite a mess of some college networks, too. by ProdigyPuNk · · Score: 5, Interesting

    A buddy of mine is in IT at a college in the area. This affected almost all of their computers. Although it's harder to put a dollar figure on, the students and professors were NOT happy when all of the computer labs on campus went down, along with a "server" or two. Ever seen professors gets mad ? Now imagine your an IT guy and the professors can't access their online grade books that you pushed them into using. I really think McAfee is going to have a big problem on it's hands come contract renewal time. Pissed off IT people have long memories!