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  • #1

    Sophos shoots itself in the foot...

    ...and then scores an own-goal!

    Sophos Antivirus Detects Itself as Malware, Deletes Key Binaries
    http://thenextweb.com/insider/2012/09/20/sophos-antimalware-software-detects-malware-deletes-critical-binaries/
    On Wednesday, Sophos antivirus products did something very wrong: they started detecting false positives. The company has since fixed the issue, but only on Thursday did it become clear what the fiasco was all about: the Sophos software was


    I was always a fan of Sophos from a security point of view, but disliked its pricing and frequent installation difficulties.

    FT.
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  • #2
    Well, at least it shows that the scanner correctly removes infected files...
    pixar
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    • #3
      This is not a bug, it's a....
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      • #4
        opportunity for improvement?
        FT.

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