Threat Stories
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Computer crashed by another antispyware/antivirus program
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Anti-virus Application Update Crashed PCs in China
Millions of personal computers and servers in China have been crashed by a faulty update of anti-virus software.
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Anti-virus mistakenly flagged Windows component
Anti-virus software inadvertently flagged part of the Windows operating system as malware.
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Anti-virus application quarantined or deleted Excel as a virus
Antivirus product was quarantining or deleting, depending upon user's setting, Excel and other applications from PCs.
Microsoft Anti-Spyware Detected Norton Antivirus
Microsoft Anti-Spyware users were prompted to remove flagged Norton Anti-Virus files.
McAffee Update Exterminates Microsoft Office Components
An error in McAffee’s virus definition file caused its antivirus products to flag Microsoft Office components.
Kaspersky Misidentified Rising Tech Software as Potentially Malicious
Kaspersky Anti-virus update detected Chinese anti-virus product as potentially malicious software.
Norton Antivirus Detects Microsoft Windows as a Virus and Disables It
Faulty update caused Symantec's Norton AntiVirus software to remove critical Windows XP system files.
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Accidental deletion of system files by a user
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I accidentally removed a system file and my computer totally crashed and went into blue screen. I lost all my photos from my vacation in Greece, when I had to reinstall the computer. If I had System Protect before this happened, I might still have my photos.
Michael D., South Carolina
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Important files deleted by other computer users
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On the evening before my project's presentation my 9-year-old son deleted all my documents. One click and all my month's work was gone. If I protected the file with System Protect, which I use now to protect all my work docs, this would not have happened.
Gloria F., New York
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