FTFA:

IT admins across the globe are letting out a collective groan after servers and PCs running McAfee VirusScan were brought down when the anti-virus program attack their core system files.

If you are an IT admin and you're running McAfee you are a dipshiat.

Then it's a good thing I don't have any McAfee products on my computer.

McAfee and Norton both suck giant donkey balls. That being said, this will put some money in my pocket from all the repair calls I'll get.

earl_k: FTFA:

IT admins across the globe are letting out a collective groan after servers and PCs running McAfee VirusScan were brought down when the anti-virus program attack their core system files.

If you are an IT admin and you're running McAfee you are a dipshiat.

THIS.

Is it rude to point and laugh?

/I'm doing it anyways...

McAfee was on my shiatlist looooong ago. AVG seems to be endeavoring to get on there, too, as of late.

the glitch appears to be caused when older VirusScan engines install DAT 5664

We're still trying to determine [...] whether people have found any reliable fixes.


Use a newer VirusScan engine?

I've got McAfee on my laptop.


Ok. Now that you IT people have finished laughing at me, tell me do I need to be worried, uninstall etc?

/srsly

redmond24: I've got McAfee on my laptop.


Ok. Now that you IT people have finished laughing at me, tell me do I need to be worried, uninstall etc?

/srsly

It sounds like it would not be a bad idea to disable it and install Avast or AVG quickly. (Not an IT guy but I did this several years ago and couldn't be happier to be rid of McAfee and Norton's both.)

yogaFLAME: McAfee was on my shiatlist looooong ago. AVG seems to be endeavoring to get on there, too, as of late.

Didn't AVG do something like this last year?
I'm not certain which anti-virus it was, but AVG comes to mind. There was definitely a Fark thread about it.

I'd like to also chime in with a hearty McAffee and Norton suck.

Using Microsoft's new security essentials on Win 7.

earl_k: If you are an IT admin and you're running McAfee you are a dipshiat.

So very this. Unfortunately, places like entire government departments often get bulk purchase deals and government PCs run it. It's what sustains them, much like Norton.

/uses free avira at home
//eTrust at work

I feel sorry for lower-level IT guys that have to deal with this shiat because their boss decided to be a dumbfark and install McAfee.

Well, that's a big farking OOPS to do, especially on a holiday weekend.

/work uses McAfee

As a non-networked user, I'm not running winvnc.exe, a remote desktop control process. Therefore, this problem would not appear to affect me or other non-networked users.

As a result, I can continue to blissfully use my free Mcafee antivirus without concern.

And my productivity remains unchanged-- steady at 0.

even the McAfee-associated McScript.exe were being identified as a trojan

FAIL.

redmond24: I've got McAfee on my laptop.


Ok. Now that you IT people have finished laughing at me, tell me do I need to be worried, uninstall etc?

/srsly

If you remove your system32 folder you'll be OK. Run Windows Optimizer^TM just to be safe.

*smug mac owner giggles*

real shaman: *smug mac owner giggles*

Keep giggling.

"Expensive paperweight"...

Does the article author not understand that you can reinstall the operating system? It's not like McRappee somehow caused the guys laptop to overheat and spew magic smoke all over the room.

For that, you would need to install IE 8 - at the very least.

earl_k:
If you are an IT admin and you're running McAfee you are a dipshiat.

Literally

AVG anti-virus/spyware FTW

Thats why when people come to me with computer question (I don't know why, everything I know is self taught/read from a google search) I say.. DON'T USE MCAFEE OR NORTON
my friends will love me moar after I link them this for proof I was right!
/revels in the shortlived glory

yogaFLAME: McAfee was on my shiatlist looooong ago. AVG seems to be endeavoring to get on there, too, as of late.

This. I've been using Comodo instead. Good stuff.

Hobodeluxe: I'd like to also chime in with a hearty McAffee and Norton suck.

Using Microsoft's new security essentials on Win 7.

Did you actually just say that Norton sucks, and then go on to say you're using MS security essentials?

God, I love FARK threads.

earl_k: If you are an IT admin and you're running McAfee you are a dipshiat.

I have a dozen servers and about 250 workstations running enterprise for about 12 years without so much as a hick up or problem in that time. I think the key there is that it is the Enterprise version. We also keep it up to date engine and path wise, so that may help lessen the problems as well.

We looked at Kapersky last year when the University was thinking about moving to Symantec enterprise, but it was way too expensive for our small school. Nod 32 was a close second, but they re-negotiated a new contract with Mcafee, so we stayed with them. It is hard to switch from something that comes to us free, and has been trouble free.

They must have a new DEV team now. These mistakes are getting more frequent.

I've been using AVG and Comodo for years, so I'm really getting a kick out of these replies.

/Well, off to the gym!
//26 more minutes!

Did Avast fall out of favour?
That's what I'm running in preference of AVG ever since they went to that new version that does all the web-site scanning and other stuff I didn't need.

I'd be willing to give Comodo a try next time I need to install something.

Btw - anyone have any preferences for firewall software? I'm not a fan of Zone Alarm and honestly can't think of anything else out there that's free.

Procedural Texture: yogaFLAME: McAfee was on my shiatlist looooong ago. AVG seems to be endeavoring to get on there, too, as of late.

Didn't AVG do something like this last year?
I'm not certain which anti-virus it was, but AVG comes to mind. There was definitely a Fark thread about it.


It was AVG last year or earlier this year that did it. Core Windows shell32.dll = BAD one day.

Read about it and immediately switched home PCs to Avast. Only thing Avast did recently was go "Newsleecher is a TROJAN", but that was fixed within a day.

Work is Trend Micro. If you're using McAfee in an IT field, you're retarded.

People are still using McAffe? I've been Avasting the scurvy virii for a while now.

AVG FTW!

Procedural Texture: yogaFLAME: McAfee was on my shiatlist looooong ago. AVG seems to be endeavoring to get on there, too, as of late.

Didn't AVG do something like this last year?
I'm not certain which anti-virus it was, but AVG comes to mind. There was definitely a Fark thread about it.

AVG did this to my laptop two years ago. Fark AVG.

hate me all you want, i use norton internet security and my computer is fast and fine.

then again, i just use it for masturbation purposes and to write my stupid emo poems and stories and for fark.

so nothing heavy or intense thats too corrupting.

earl_k: If you are an IT admin and you're running McAfee you are a dipshiat.

Actually I find ePolicy Orchestrator to be a fairly nice product, and certainly one of a very few products of it's caliber. Outside of the Patch 1 fiasco a couple weeks ago (doesn't look like this is going to affect me, we're not on older engines) I can't remember the last time we had an issue with a McAfee dat/patch/etc.

F-Secure Client Security V8

I admin our setup at work and always recommend it to friends.

As the manager of a 2000 seat enterprise I live in fear of this sort of thing happening.

greyseal: Hobodeluxe: I'd like to also chime in with a hearty McAffee and Norton suck.

Using Microsoft's new security essentials on Win 7.

Did you actually just say that Norton sucks, and then go on to say you're using MS security essentials?

God, I love FARK threads.

I hear the MSE has been getting good press to be honest.. so there you go[Citation needed]

real shaman: *smug mac owner giggles*

My Ubuntu laptop just stole your Mac's lunchmoney.

I am just going to say this:

Webroot FTW.

Looks like there is a lot of group-hate in here for McAfee.

Ed Finnerty

THIS

Love the NOD32. Sits there doing its job, rarely disturbing me. Never nags me about not having other products in their family. Just does the job that I pay it to do.

I must have missed the memo when they made winvnc.exe a core Windows file.

yogaFLAME: AVG seems to be endeavoring to get on there, too, as of late.

Yep. They were decent enough a few years ago. Since this big upgrade to 8.x it has become intrusive, their reminders are intrusive, and in the case my home machine, I had to uninstall it when it attacked MS Outlook for some reason. If I wanted Norton, I'd go buy Norton.

TheWizard: Looks like there is a lot of group-hate in here for McAfee.

If McAfee were a woman, she would be a short, obese, hairy troll that followed you around and stayed righ at your side. She would be counting the change in your pockets and bu,ping your elbow as you tried to type. She would remind you how many salories were in eveery snack you ate, and insist that you wipe twiee when you went number two. She would keep you from meeting new women, and fart in bed while you slept at 3 AM. She would charge you for these services, and remind you to pay her on a regular basis.

vudukungfu: TheWizard: Looks like there is a lot of group-hate in here for McAfee.

If McAfee were a woman, she would be a short, obese, hairy troll that followed you around and stayed righ at your side. She would be counting the change in your pockets and bu,ping your elbow as you tried to type. She would remind you how many salories were in eveery snack you ate, and insist that you wipe twiee when you went number two. She would keep you from meeting new women, and fart in bed while you slept at 3 AM. She would charge you for these services, and remind you to pay her on a regular basis.

You only wipe your ass once? Personally I keep wiping until it's clean.

earl_k: .

If you are an IT admin and you're running McAfee you are a dipshiat.

I've been telling the VP of our department this for years.
All 5 of them. One at a time.
We have a new one this week. Maybe he will listen.

TUO3MTA3: You only wipe your ass once? Personally I keep wiping until it's clean.

McAfee would tell you to reload the roll and start over.
It's locked on my PC at work, and when I'm typing along at 70 wpm, and teh screen is still blank, because McScript is making sure I'm not wrting code for a bug in outlook, I have to say to the IT department, take this bloatware off of my machine, pleae, each and every day. I have 8 years of emails asking them to take it off my machine.
When the system goes down, I'm glad I awan't the guy who made sure it was safe.

TheWizard: Looks like there is a lot of group-hate in here for McAfee.

Much like the feeling regarding priests you might encounter at a former choirboy's convention.

Caeldan: Did Avast fall out of favour?

I love my avast - as soon as I turn off the sounds for it.
I had the pleasure of uninstalling Trend Micro Security Crap when I got my new PC recently.

/VIRUS DATABASE HAS BEEN UPDATED!