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Kaspersky Update Breaks Internet Access For Windows XP Users

Posted by timothy on from the all-a-secret-plot dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Yesterday afternoon, Kaspersky Labs released a definition update that blocked all Internet and Intranet access on Windows XP workstations. While there has been no official communication from Kaspersky, their forum is lit up with angry customers relying on each other to find a fix." Update: 02/05 16:42 GMT by T : Thanks to an anonymous reader, who says that Kaspersky has issued a statement, and a fix (though the fix takes some manual labor to implement).

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  1. let me guess by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    they already have a fix you can download!

  2. "There has been no official communication..." by hobarrera · · Score: 5, Funny

    there has been no official communication from Kaspersky

    It seems they were using Windows XP.

  3. Re:It's not just with WinXP. by WhatAreYouDoingHere · · Score: 5, Funny

    I had to physically remove its folder from the Program Files area...

    I just got this mental picture of someone opening up their hard drive and scraping a section off one of the platters.... :)

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