Critical Flaw Found In AVG, McAfee, Kaspersky Products

If you guys haven't heard of this vulnerability yet, I highly recommend reading the article and using the linked tool to check your system.

Researchers discovered the vulnerability in March when an enSilo product collided with an AVG Internet Security 2015 installation present on a customer’s systems. A closer analysis revealed that the AVG product had been plagued by a flaw that could have been exploited to hack affected systems. enSilo later discovered that the same vulnerability, which it rated “critical,” also affected Kaspersky’s Anti-Virus 2015 MR2 and Internet Security 2015 MR2 products, and Intel Security’s McAfee VirusScan Enterprise version 8.8.

Looooool

"... in March"

Gotta love it when we always seem to find out about such incidents at points not even close to when they're actually discovered. 9 months is a pretty long period of time for this kind of software to be "wide open" in some respects, especially considering what kind of software it is: stuff that people put their trust - and their money - into to keep them safe who now will come to realize the shit has been busted for a very long time indeed.

The plot thickens.

we now get light bulbs that can connect to the internet, but can't even keep security software somewhat secure.

temujin987 said:

we now get light bulbs that can connect to the internet, but can't even keep security software somewhat secure.

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It's not a trivial task.

Discovered in March? That's EONS ago in Internet terms.