Richie
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Registered: 3rd Dec 02
Location: Newport, Wales
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/04/21/mcafee_false_positive/
The amount of shit this is causing me right now is unreal
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Doug
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Registered: 8th Oct 03
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Wow that is a cluster fcuk 
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Richie
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Registered: 3rd Dec 02
Location: Newport, Wales
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The biggest problem is that when it quarantines svchost it loses all ability to talk to the network - so all the machines that got the update from the ePO servers are now fucked without manual intervention.
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Ian W
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Registered: 8th Nov 03
Location: Wirral, Merseyside
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Glad I binned McAfee on our company network a couple of years ago, I put its usefulness up there with Norton 
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PhilC
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Registered: 21st Jan 06
Location: Lancs, UK
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quote:
Originally posted by Richie
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/04/21/mcafee_false_positive/
The amount of shit this is causing me right now is unreal
You're not wrong! My work laptop won't work, and my blackberry has been going crazy with email updates from the helpdesk in the US.
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lostboy
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Registered: 29th Jan 09
Location: Durham
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I don't use an anti virus 'cause I'm that fucking hardcore!
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Winemaker
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Registered: 8th May 07
Location: Down Under
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quote:
Originally posted by lostboy
I don't use an anti virus 'cause I'm that fucking hardcore!
FLOL
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Steve
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Registered: 30th Mar 02
Location: Worcestershire Drives: Defender
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problems with it here too on our coorporate network
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John_C
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Registered: 5th Mar 03
Location: South east, Bromley
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sorry guys...symantec here 
some developer somewhere is at home with there p45
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Budgie
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Registered: 2nd Dec 09
Location: Basingstoke
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IT guys here want us to do the update.
im holding back because a few people tried and failed already this morning
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DaveyLC
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Registered: 8th Oct 08
Location: Berkshire
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McAfee.. bunch of fucking useless twats IMHO.. Can't believe anyone still buys that shit! They even have to resort to paying the likes of DELL to force it down their customers throats.
I got my own problems  I'm currently windows updating 12 remote servers that havent been rebooted for 3 years and they are all running critical applications..
[Edited on 22-04-2010 by DaveyLC]
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Steve
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Registered: 30th Mar 02
Location: Worcestershire Drives: Defender
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if anyone wants the dat file i can upload it, just need to copy it into c:\program files\common files\network associates\engine
then reboot and should be fixed
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Daimo B
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Registered: 20th Mar 00
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Mcafee is actually very good.
This is the first time they have ballsed up in a long time.
But people do like to jump on bandwagons.
Its good enough for our entire network, which is about 1 million+ computers. Rather than just automatically updating, always review what your installing on updates first.
Although granted, this was meant as an important upgrade. The patch wasn't installed here.
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Steve
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Registered: 30th Mar 02
Location: Worcestershire Drives: Defender
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dont lie daimo, you are running Benelli Anti Virus
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John
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Registered: 30th Jun 03
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Is it good enough for 1 million + computers or is it just what's on it and it's a mamoth task to go anywhere else?
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Daimo B
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Easy to un-install. Just write a script to un-install the software and then re-deploy a different software.
Same way you roll out updates and patches and applications to all these PCs. No different.
How else do you think companies un-install software and update with newer versions without going to every desk
Steve, please stop being an annoying little arse basher. Its getting tedious now. Are you obsessed with my motorcycle?
[Edited on 22-04-2010 by VXR]
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John
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Registered: 30th Jun 03
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I know exactly how it's done, I also know that even a small percentage of 1 million of them not working makes it a mammoth task.
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Steve
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Registered: 30th Mar 02
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quote:
Originally posted by VXR
Easy to un-install. Just write a script to un-install the software and then re-deploy a different software.
Same way you roll out updates and patches and applications to all these PCs. No different.
How else do you think companies un-install software and update with newer versions without going to every desk
Steve, please stop being an annoying little arse basher. Its getting tedious now. Are you obsessed with my motorcycle?
[Edited on 22-04-2010 by VXR]
yes mate, lovely bike, not as good as my old honda melody though.
Most av's automatically uninstall 3rd party products as part of there install 
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Daveskater
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Registered: 29th Apr 08
Location: Oxford, UK Drives: Jap wagon
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That'll teach people for using McAffee tbh.
Like Ian W said, it's not much better than Norton.
Numberwang!
Originally posted by AlunJ
I like you Dave, you are a man of men
Originally Whatapp'd by Neo
Dave's maybe capable of a drive-by cuddle
Look at my pictures
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Chris x
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Registered: 11th Sep 08
Location: Bexhill
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Kaspersky FTW!
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Aaron
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Registered: 9th Aug 04
Location: Cottingham, East Riding
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Sophos End Point Protection and WSUS here 
300 Stations and 11 Servers...hasn't put a beat wrong
[Edited on 22-04-2010 by Aaron]
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Daimo B
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Registered: 20th Mar 00
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We use WSUS on our servers.
Pain in the arse when your having to reboot 20 odd servers after installs. Hell I don't get paid enough (or OT) to do it out of hours
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Ian W
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Registered: 8th Nov 03
Location: Wirral, Merseyside
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quote:
Originally posted by Aaron
Sophos End Point Protection and WSUS here
300 Stations and 11 Servers...hasn't put a beat wrong
[Edited on 22-04-2010 by Aaron]
Sophos here, used it in my last place for 3 years and had to put up with McAfee when I first moved into current role as it was on a long contract.
Finally got rid last year and back with Sophos now, not a second of trouble since
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Steve
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Registered: 30th Mar 02
Location: Worcestershire Drives: Defender
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Sophos here too, i quite like Sophos's enterprise console solution
[Edited on 22-04-2010 by Steve]
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mwg
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Registered: 19th Feb 04
Location: South Lakes
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We've got Sophos at work as well
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