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Microsoft Security Products Flag Google Chrome As a Virus

Posted by Soulskill on from the if-it-quacks-like-a-horse dept.

New submitter maeltor writes "Reports poured in this morning that Microsoft's security products, namely Microsoft Security Essentials and Forefront Client Security, were flagging Google Chrome as a virus (PWS:Win32/Zbot) and removing the browser if users chose to clean and reboot their machines. Users reported that the only way to mitigate the problem was to set MSE and Forefront to 'always allow' Zbot, which is generally considered to be a bad idea." A Google employee in the above support thread notes that Microsoft has now pushed another update to resolve the issue. "On September 30th, 2011, an incorrect detection for PWS:Win32/Zbot was identified. On September 30th, 2011, Microsoft released an update that addresses the issue. Signature versions 1.113.672.0 and higher include this update."

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  1. A joke... by Frosty+Piss · · Score: 5, Funny

    Microsoft Security Products Flag Google Chrome As a Virus

    For once, Microsoft get's it right!

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    If you want news from today, you have to come back tomorrow.
  2. It is a virus by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Chrome is a virus. You see, it has caused the marketing people at Mozilla to go crazy with the numbering scheme of FF and as a result, borked up my once good to use user interface into a complete mess of new design, misplaced buttons, screwy single menus and a whole host of unusable extensions. Chrome is a virus... that has killed Firefox.

  3. Re:Whoops! by killmenow · · Score: 5, Funny

    I wonder what Chrome did that smelled like Win32/Zbot.

    Made IE look stupid and fat.

  4. Re:Microsoft to Google... by Chemicles · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Right. If some bug had been discovered in some open source software and was corrected in 2 hours, the comments on the story would be a circlejerk praising the open source community.

    Microsoft realizes there's a bug, corrects it within 2 hours, and it's anti-competetive. Sheesh. They did a good job with a quick fix, can't we just acknowledge success when it happens?