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McAfee app raids Mac users' inboxes

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http://www.theregister.com/2004/09/09/apple_pulls_virex/

McAfee app raids Mac users' inboxes
By John Leyden
Published Thursday 9th September 2004 16:49 GMT
Apple has stopped offering the latest version of McAfee's anti-virus package to Mac users following reports of widespread problems with the software.

McAfee Virex 7.5 was pulled from Apple's .Mac online service last week - only days after its introduction - following a series of complaints. "Due to customer feedback and technical issues currently under investigation, we have temporarily discontinued distribution of Virex 7.5 from McAfee until further notice," it said in a brief statement.

Security-concious users are advised to remove Virex 7.5 from their systems and to revert to using an earlier version, Virex 7.2.1, instead. Users reported a variety of problems with Virex 7.5 on Apple message boards - including cases where running Virus 7.5 deleted all email messages in users' inboxes.

September is proving to be a hazardous month for McAfee and its users. Earlier this week the AV giant faced criticism after it introduced an update that misidentified an ISP connection wizard application as Trojan code. The mistake caused considerable inconvenience for end users running McAfee and older versions of ISPWizard, generating avoidable support calls for ISPs. Developer Mark Griffiths is critical of McAfee's decision to release updated signature files to consumers only a week after problems hit. ®
 
LMAO ,

i never like crapafee , every machine i service gets it uninstalled and replaced by norton .


i feel somewhat vindicated now for my anti-crapafee sentiments :p
 
Black Morty Rackham said:
I don't know about the rest of you, but I haven't touched anti-virus software in years. :p
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same here, and i use windows! all anti-virus does is slow down your pc

 
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