____/ [H]omer on Thursday 25 October 2007 22:31 : \____
> OneCare Slopware to blame, apparently:
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> Microsoft OneCare Silently Changes Automatic Updates
They tried to develop something /themselves/.
Microsoft shipped OneCare unfinished?
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| Since shipping in May, OneCare has failed industry tests and exposed
| users to attack because of a security flaw in the antivirus engine.
| The application also incorrectly flagged Gmail as a virus and in some
| cases quarantined or even deleted complete in-boxes when a single
| e-mail was laden with a virus.
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http://news.com.com/2061-10789_3-6168629.html?part=rss&tag=2547-1_3-0-20&subj=news
Also on OneCare:
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| Asked about these problems, Arno Edelmann, Microsoft's European business
| security product manager, told ZDNet UK on Thursday that the code itself
| has pieces missing.
| "Usually Microsoft doesn't develop products, we buy products. It's not a bad
| product, but bits and pieces are missing," said Edelmann.
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http://news.zdnet.co.uk/security/0,1000000189,39286351,00.htm
> http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,138939-pg,1/article.html
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