McAfee To Pay For PC Repairs After Patch Fiasco

Posted by CmdrTaco on Monday April 26, 2010 @02:27AM from the in-over-their-heads dept.

Barence writes "McAfee has offered to pay for the PC repairs of consumers affected by last week's faulty antivirus update. The problematic patch falsely identified the SVCHOST.EXE Windows file as a virus, causing PCs running Windows XP SP3 to crash or enter endless reboot cycles. In a blog post addressed to 'Home or Home Office Consumers,' the company offered to reimburse PC repair expenses, though there was a notable caveat. 'If you have already incurred costs to repair your PC as a result of this issue, we're committed to reimbursing reasonable expenses,' the company said. 'Reasonable expenses' has yet to be formally defined."

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Re:Definitely an by commodore64_love · 2010-04-26 04:42 · Score: 0, Offtopic

So if I buy more than one Prius, do I say I own two Priuses, Prius, or Prii? Most of the folks at toyota-prius@yahoogroups like the last form, but the dictionary is unclear which is correct.

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