Friday, February 10th, 2012 8:26 am

McAfee apologizes after "false positive"

Santa Clara (ip-192.com): Antivirus company McAfee apologized for it’s for its latest update that took down thousands of computers around the world. "We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience this has caused our customers," said Barry McPherson on a McAfee blog post. The false positive brought thousands of computers running Microsoft’s Windows XP, SP3 to its [...]

Microsoft: Rootkit may case BSOD

Redmond (ip-192.com): A hard-to-detect rootkit may be causing Windows XP systems to crash after applying patch MS10-015, according to Microsoft. As reported by ip-192.com (our stories are here and here), Windows users began flooding Windows support forums almost immediately after installing Microsoft's February security update, saying that their computers had been rendered unusable with a [...]

Microsoft Pulls Security Update

Redmond (ip-192.com): Microsoft has stopped serving a security patch that apparently led to the infamous “Blue Screen of Death” (BSOD) for many Windows XP users (please see our story here). "We are still investigating this but I wanted to provide some additional clarity on what I mean when I said we stopped offering the update [...]

Blue Screen of Death after Windows Patch

Redmond (ip-192.com): The latest security patches from Microsoft seem to resolve most issues Windows XP users have with their operating system permanently – with the blue screen of death (BSOD). Complaints are overflowing on Microsoft support blogs. One user identified as DivineMaster writes “I'm seriously hoping that someone will come up with an answer in [...]