Topic: Microsoft Anti-Spyware Removes Norton Anti-Virus

[Mr_Tricorder]

I just saw this on Slashdot, and because of the general sentiment towards Norton Anti-Virus that most people here (myself included) seem to share, I just had to share this one.

Slashdot post below can be found here http://it.slashdot.org/it/06/02/11/2259232.shtml

IT: Microsoft Anti-Spyware Removes Norton Anti-Virus
Posted by Zonk on Saturday February 11, @06:32PM
from the that's-a-big-oops dept.
Security
An anonymous reader writes "According to a story over at Washingtonpost.com, the latest definitions file for Microsoft's Anti-Spyware beta flags Symantec's Norton Antivirus products as a password-stealing trojan and prompts users to delete portions of the program. Users who follow the instructions hose their installation of Norton, requiring delicate Windows registry edits and a complete removal/reinstall of Norton. Microsoft's support forum is quickly filling up with complaints about this problem, many from businesses that have been pretty hard hit. This should be a cautionary tale about deploying beta products in production environments."

The above post contains this link to an article from washingtonpost.com http://blog.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2006/02/microsoft_antispyware_deleting_1.html

[Bonk]

   I love it. Too bad it wasn't intentional. I'm still pretty steamed at Norton for disabling my step-father's internet connection forcing him to pay for phone support and a subscription renewal in order to be able to access the internet again... I chastised him for caving in to their extortionist tactis. Ugly, really ugly.

Oh well, there's one born every minute as they say...

[KBF MalaK]

  I love it. Too bad it wasn't intentional. I'm still pretty steamed at Norton for disabling my step-father's internet connection forcing him to pay for phone support and a subscription renewal in order to be able to access the internet again... I chastised him for caving in to their extortionist tactis. Ugly, really ugly.

Oh well, there's one born every minute as they say...

 
Thats hilarious, reminds me of what AOL software did to my original Nav install. This is a turf war and MS will prolly win.

[Mr_Tricorder]

  I love it. Too bad it wasn't intentional. I'm still pretty steamed at Norton for disabling my step-father's internet connection forcing him to pay for phone support and a subscription renewal in order to be able to access the internet again... I chastised him for caving in to their extortionist tactis. Ugly, really ugly.

Oh well, there's one born every minute as they say...

 
Thats hilarious, reminds me of what AOL software did to my original Nav install. This is a turf war and MS will prolly win.

I just hope that people's PCs don't become a no-man's-land during the battle.

[Bonk]

I just hope that people's PCs don't become a no-man's-land during the battle.

Too late for that... its been the case ever since Peter Norton left MS.