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<div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style="font-size: 13px;"><font size="3">Re. CloudStrike CEO:</font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style="font-size: 13px;"><font size="3"><br></font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style="font-size: 13px;"><font size="3">Yes, he was CTO of McAfee when that program delivered a bad virus definitions update which hosed svchost..exe. If the actual file in Windows XP, SP3 (there were several files and services with the same name in Windows, even then) got quarantined, t<span>he affected systems will enter a reboot loop and lose all network access. </span></font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style="font-size: 13px;"><span><font size="3" style="background-color: inherit;"><br></font></span></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style="font-size: 13px;"><span><font size="3" style="background-color: inherit;">"<span>The company's official recommendation for repairing the damage involves copying Svchost.exe from a working system and manually copying it to an affected system. The McAfee technical bulletin doesn't include details about how to get to a command prompt on a system that's been temporarily bricked. (Using an XP installation disk allows a tech support professional to boot to a recovery environment and copy the necessary files from a command prompt. The good folks at BleepingComputer.com have published a tutorial that explains the process. Third party recovery tools also provide access to the file system from command-line environments.) This sort of repair is not a job for end users, certainly, and generally requires a skilled support professional."</span></font></span></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style="font-size: 13px;"><span><span><font size="3" style="background-color: inherit;"><br></font></span></span></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style="font-size: 13px;"><span><span><span><a href="https://www.zdnet.com/article/defective-mcafee-update-causes-worldwide-meltdown-of-xp-pcs/" class="enhancr_card_2587173535" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><font size="3">https://www.zdnet.com/article/defective-mcafee-update-causes-worldwide-meltdown-of-xp-pcs/ </font></a></span><div><br></div><div id="ydp72fd2c85enhancr_card_2587173535" class="ydp72fd2c85yahoo-link-enhancr-card ydp72fd2c85ymail-preserve-class ydp72fd2c85ymail-preserve-style" style="max-width:400px;font-family:YahooSans VF, YahooSans, OpenSans VF, Helvetica Neue, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" data-url="https://www.zdnet.com/article/defective-mcafee-update-causes-worldwide-meltdown-of-xp-pcs/" data-type="YENHANCER" data-size="MEDIUM" contenteditable="false"><a href="https://www.zdnet.com/article/defective-mcafee-update-causes-worldwide-meltdown-of-xp-pcs/" style="text-decoration:none !important;color:#000 !important" class="ydp72fd2c85yahoo-enhancr-cardlink" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><table border="0" class="ydp72fd2c85card-wrapper ydp72fd2c85yahoo-ignore-table" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="max-width:400px"><tbody><tr><td width="400"><table border="0" class="ydp72fd2c85card ydp72fd2c85yahoo-ignore-table" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="max-width:400px;border-width:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:rgb(224, 228, 233);border-radius:2px"><tbody><tr><td class="ydp72fd2c85card-primary-image-cell" background="https://s.yimg.com/lo/api/res/1.2/qcTqp6yuybfTBxhAWmRq2w--~A/Zmk9ZmlsbDt3PTQwMDtoPTIwMDthcHBpZD1pZXh0cmFjdA--/https://www.zdnet.com/a/img/resize/d53780e7ac9838f4fa5df8551258ef884fd3935c/2014/12/01/f5c9c04e-7921-11e4-b569-d4ae52e95e57/zd-defaultimage-blog.jpg?auto=webp&fit=crop&height=675&width=1200.cf.jpg" bgcolor="#000000" valign="top" height="175" style="background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); 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line-height: 19px; margin: 0px 0px 6px; font-family: YahooSans VF, YahooSans, OpenSans VF, Helvetica Neue, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(29, 34, 40); max-width: 314px;">Defective McAfee update causes worldwide meltdown of XP PCs</h2><p class="ydp72fd2c85card-description" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; color: rgb(151, 158, 168);">Oops, they did it again. Early this morning, McAfee released an update to its antivirus definitions for corporat...</p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></span></span></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style="font-size: 13px;"><font size="3"><br></font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style="font-size: 13px;"><font size="3">(Reference provided by a security expert who is a member of the Natick FOSS user group.)</font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style="font-size: 13px;"><font size="3"><br></font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style="font-size: 13px;"><font size="3">Note: One of those "third party recovery tools" is a Linux self-booting installation/Linux Live USB flash drive. They had those even back then. </font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style="font-size: 13px;"><font size="3"><br></font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style="font-size: 13px;"><font size="3">See also:</font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style="font-size: 13px;"><font size="3"><br></font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style=""><font size="3" style=""><b>How Linux Saved A Fast Food Giant. </b></font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style=""><font size="3" style=""><span style="font-size: 13px;"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100520020401/http://therealedwin.com/2010/05/17/how-linux-saved-a-fast-food-giant/" class="" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://web.archive.org/web/20100520020401/http://therealedwin.com/2010/05/17/how-linux-saved-a-fast-food-giant/</a> </span><div><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">(Reference also provided by our security expert at Natick FOSS.) </div></font><div style="font-size: 13px;"><font size="3"><br></font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style="font-size: 13px;"><font size="3">-- Bob Primak </font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></div></div>
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On Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 12:14:44 AM EDT, Donald Cooke via LCTG <lctg@lists.toku.us> wrote:
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<div><div id="yiv9256743872"><div><div dir="ltr">I used to check reviews every year and would switch to the best rated security , including Kasperski for a couple of years. Then a couple of years ago, the various rating sites just said stick with what comes with Win 11. Free. So I've been doing that for 3? 4? years now. <div><br clear="none"></div><div>Oh, BTW I heard a rumor that the current CEO of Crowdstrike was CEO of McAfee when they had a similar problem a decade ago. Rumor. Anyone know about this?<br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="yiv9256743872gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><br clear="none"></div><img src="https://ci3.googleusercontent.com/mail-sig/AIorK4zxepmnLIKmYitiu77ai2nm7FH3JgppsFmboNJcBNbCpE2xbStskZTbPr8HLs0B93HPIiuiX1E"><br clear="none"><div>Don Cooke, Site 523, 603.219.9259<br clear="none"></div></div></div></div><br clear="none"></div></div><br clear="none"><div class="yiv9256743872gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="yiv9256743872gmail_attr">On Sat, Jul 20, 2024 at 7:16 PM tracy--- via LCTG <<a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:lctg@lists.toku.us" href="mailto:lctg@lists.toku.us" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">lctg@lists.toku.us</a>> wrote:<br clear="none"></div><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex;" class="yiv9256743872gmail_quote">Folks -<br clear="none">
I renewed my Kaspersky antivirus/security system software earlier in <br clear="none">
January and just learned this week that they're forced to leave the U.S. <br clear="none">
(they're Russian) and their software will be on limited funcitonality <br clear="none">
beginning in September. However, when I check My Kaspersky, my <br clear="none">
subscription page says it's already on "limited functionality" whatever <br clear="none">
that means.<br clear="none">
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Given that one of my credit cards was compromised a week ago - one that <br clear="none">
I've only used with Paypal (which has always been reliable) and the <br clear="none">
library and never used outside my apartment -- I'm getting concerned <br clear="none">
that my computer is unsafe. I had done a full system scan a week ago but <br clear="none">
that was with Kaspersky --- and apparently they're gradually stopping <br clear="none">
upgrading their databases.<br clear="none">
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Does anyone have any more information about how safe they are now?<br clear="none">
Do you recommend I soon de-install them and get another <br clear="none">
antivirus/security/firewall setup?<br clear="none">
If so, what do you believe is the most secure (and hopefully under <br clear="none">
$100/year)<br clear="none">
I have Windows 11.<br clear="none">
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I'm angry because I'm on a very very tight budget now due to an ongoing <br clear="none">
medical condition and have nearly six months left on my subscription.<br clear="none">
Please email privately - unless others on this list also have Kaspersky <br clear="none">
concerns.<br clear="none">
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Tracy Marks<br clear="none">
p.s. I deleted last week's emails from this group unread due to <br clear="none">
time-consuming crises the past week, so I apologize if the Kaspersky <br clear="none">
situation has already been discussed.<br clear="none">
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