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''We are not aware of significant impact on consumers and believe we have effectively limited such occurrence,'' the company said in a statement. From: Stu Sjouwerman [mailto:s...@sunbelt-software.com] Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2010 3:39 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: McAfee DAT problems OUCH. This one is epic and made NT Times: McAfee Antivirus Program Goes Berserk, Reboots PCs http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2010/04/21/business/AP-US-TEC-McAfee-Ant ivirus-Flaw.html?src=busln Warm regards, Stu Sjouwerman Co-Founder, Publisher, Sunbelt Media P: +1-727-562-0101 ext 218 F: +1-727-562-5199 s...@sunbelt-software.com From: Ziots, Edward [mailto:ezi...@lifespan.org] Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2010 4:28 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: McAfee DAT problems Yeah we are seriously looking on moving away from Mcafee also, I liked what NOD 32 ESET was showing us. Z Edward Ziots CISSP,MCSA,MCP+I,Security +,Network +,CCA Network Engineer Lifespan Organization 401-639-3505 ezi...@lifespan.org From: Raper, Jonathan - Eagle [mailto:jra...@eaglemds.com] Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2010 4:27 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: McAfee DAT problems So glad we moved away from Mcrapfee to Trend last month! Have not regretted it in the least! BTW, thanks to everyone on the list who responded for your insight into McAfee, Norton, Trend, VIPRE, etc about two months ago. Jonathan L. Raper, A+, MCSA, MCSE Technology Coordinator Eagle Physicians & Associates, PA jra...@eaglemds.com <BLOCKED::mailto:%20jra...@eaglemds.com> www.eaglemds.com <BLOCKED::http://www.eaglemds.com/> ________________________________ From: Ziots, Edward [mailto:ezi...@lifespan.org] Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2010 4:15 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: McAfee DAT problems On top of the millions of dollars of downtime they have caused a lot of companies, I am sure the lawsuits and the fallout is going to be equally brutal. Z Edward Ziots CISSP,MCSA,MCP+I,Security +,Network +,CCA Network Engineer Lifespan Organization 401-639-3505 ezi...@lifespan.org From: Andrew S. Baker [mailto:asbz...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2010 4:14 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: McAfee DAT problems That's a serious qa failure. And it's rather annoying that they can't remove the bad dat file from the internet in a timely fashion. -ASB: http://XeeSM.com/AndrewBaker Sent from my Motorola Droid On Apr 21, 2010 11:48 AM, "Erik Goldoff" <egold...@gmail.com> wrote: Anyone else heard of problems with the latest McAfee DAT (5958) ??? Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Networks, & Security ' Security is an ongoing process, not a one time event ! ' ________________________________ Any medical information contained in this electronic message is CONFIDENTIAL and privileged. It is unlawful for unauthorized persons to view, copy, disclose, or disseminate CONFIDENTIAL information. This electronic message may contain information that is confidential and/or legally privileged. It is intended only for the use of the individual(s) and/or entity named as recipients in the message. If you are not an intended recipient of this message, please notify the sender immediately and delete this material from your computer. Do not deliver, distribute or copy this message, and do not disclose its contents or take any action in reliance on the information that it contains. ... ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~