Yesterday, we saw yet another example of how antivirus — not malicious code — can leave thousands of PCs useless.
What intended to be a routine McAfee software update to its antivirus definitions for corporate customers has likely turned into a costly nightmare for the antivirus software maker and many of its customers. Instead of updating the security software, the faulty virus definitions removed the Svchost.exe file, a critical component of the Windows operating system. Continue reading this post…