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Stop taking the credit. It was MS who paid McAfee to take out those XP running machines! ;) ]]>Apr 21st 2010 1:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/21/mcafee-update--shutting-down-xp-machines/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/21/mcafee-update--shutting-down-xp-machines/
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Every one knows Mcafee and Norton are both viruses]]>Apr 21st 2010 1:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/21/mcafee-update--shutting-down-xp-machines/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/21/mcafee-update--shutting-down-xp-machines/Apr 21st 2010 1:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/21/mcafee-update--shutting-down-xp-machines/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/21/mcafee-update--shutting-down-xp-machines/scratchfury: #mcafee fix: boot to safe mode, rename mcshield.exe, reboot, run Virus Console, pick Tools -> Rollback DAT, name back to mcshield, reboot]]>Apr 21st 2010 1:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/21/mcafee-update--shutting-down-xp-machines/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/21/mcafee-update--shutting-down-xp-machines/
Still pissed about the BSOD you got in your visor while walking through the woods on Endor? Yeah had to suck finally getting back online and seeing those Ewoks posing you in various pictures as their bitch. Then they showed up on Spacebook....]]>Apr 21st 2010 2:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/21/mcafee-update--shutting-down-xp-machines/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/21/mcafee-update--shutting-down-xp-machines/Since you're replying to "who said what" the beginning of your post starts out "who said what and who..." and confused me for a few seconds.]]>Apr 21st 2010 2:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/21/mcafee-update--shutting-down-xp-machines/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/21/mcafee-update--shutting-down-xp-machines/Apr 21st 2010 2:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/21/mcafee-update--shutting-down-xp-machines/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/21/mcafee-update--shutting-down-xp-machines/Apr 21st 2010 2:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/21/mcafee-update--shutting-down-xp-machines/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/21/mcafee-update--shutting-down-xp-machines/
One day paid for doing nothing.. Cha-ching!]]>Apr 21st 2010 2:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/21/mcafee-update--shutting-down-xp-machines/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/21/mcafee-update--shutting-down-xp-machines/
...As long as it ain't mine]]>Apr 21st 2010 2:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/21/mcafee-update--shutting-down-xp-machines/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/21/mcafee-update--shutting-down-xp-machines/"Our top headline tonight; over 10,000 IT personnel quit their jobs today..."]]>Apr 21st 2010 2:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/21/mcafee-update--shutting-down-xp-machines/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/21/mcafee-update--shutting-down-xp-machines/Apr 21st 2010 2:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/21/mcafee-update--shutting-down-xp-machines/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/21/mcafee-update--shutting-down-xp-machines/
I think you mean MY revenge is complete. Minion.]]>Apr 21st 2010 2:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/21/mcafee-update--shutting-down-xp-machines/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/21/mcafee-update--shutting-down-xp-machines/Just curious- Lord Vader, are you Darth Vader, or his brother Chad? If this is Chad, I love what you've done to the produce section.]]>Apr 21st 2010 2:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/21/mcafee-update--shutting-down-xp-machines/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/21/mcafee-update--shutting-down-xp-machines/Apr 21st 2010 2:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/21/mcafee-update--shutting-down-xp-machines/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/21/mcafee-update--shutting-down-xp-machines/Apr 21st 2010 2:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/21/mcafee-update--shutting-down-xp-machines/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/21/mcafee-update--shutting-down-xp-machines/
I had to scroll up and take a close look to realise. That's class, and subtle. =]]]>Apr 21st 2010 2:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/21/mcafee-update--shutting-down-xp-machines/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/21/mcafee-update--shutting-down-xp-machines/
Maybe you should've updated to Vista when we told you to, motherfuckers.]]>Apr 21st 2010 3:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/21/mcafee-update--shutting-down-xp-machines/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/21/mcafee-update--shutting-down-xp-machines/
Fuck I bet over at EA South they are freaking the fuck out. Glad I'm off today to not witness this shitstorm.]]>Apr 21st 2010 3:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/21/mcafee-update--shutting-down-xp-machines/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/21/mcafee-update--shutting-down-xp-machines/Apr 21st 2010 4:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/21/mcafee-update--shutting-down-xp-machines/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/21/mcafee-update--shutting-down-xp-machines/
If this wasn't a good enough reason for anyone still running McAfee (and I'm looking at you, Texas Tech U), well then, bend over and take it like a beeyotch. ]]>Apr 21st 2010 4:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/21/mcafee-update--shutting-down-xp-machines/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/21/mcafee-update--shutting-down-xp-machines/Apr 21st 2010 4:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/21/mcafee-update--shutting-down-xp-machines/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/21/mcafee-update--shutting-down-xp-machines/Apr 21st 2010 4:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/21/mcafee-update--shutting-down-xp-machines/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/21/mcafee-update--shutting-down-xp-machines/
Yuup, the majority of my school is down (University of Oregon).]]>Apr 21st 2010 5:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/21/mcafee-update--shutting-down-xp-machines/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/21/mcafee-update--shutting-down-xp-machines/@engadget, clever box image!]]>Apr 21st 2010 5:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/21/mcafee-update--shutting-down-xp-machines/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/21/mcafee-update--shutting-down-xp-machines/Apr 21st 2010 5:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/21/mcafee-update--shutting-down-xp-machines/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/21/mcafee-update--shutting-down-xp-machines/why would they quit with the economy like this. all these viruses are big money to them i wouldn't be surprised if a report came in that IT's made some sort of virus. Even so there are hundreds of IT's to take there positions.]]>Apr 21st 2010 6:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/21/mcafee-update--shutting-down-xp-machines/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/21/mcafee-update--shutting-down-xp-machines/Apr 21st 2010 6:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/21/mcafee-update--shutting-down-xp-machines/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/21/mcafee-update--shutting-down-xp-machines/
They just acquired my favorite antispam company too, MXLOGIC, and ever since they took over things went to hell, one outage after the next, cant even login to the portal that worked fine for 7 years until McAfee just HAD to acquire a solid company and turn it to shit.

whoever runs McAfee should eat a bullet.]]>Apr 21st 2010 7:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/21/mcafee-update--shutting-down-xp-machines/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/21/mcafee-update--shutting-down-xp-machines/
I agree with you 100%. It reminds me of AOL. Remember the time when everywhere you look, there's an AOL disk. It's like junk mail. Then, AOL started to collapse because of poor management and crappy products. That's what going to happen with McAfee. They sneak their software in anyway they can and they make it impossible to uninstall it. When a company resort to that kind of sleazy tactics, you know it's a crappy product.]]>Apr 21st 2010 7:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/21/mcafee-update--shutting-down-xp-machines/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/21/mcafee-update--shutting-down-xp-machines/Apr 21st 2010 8:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/21/mcafee-update--shutting-down-xp-machines/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/21/mcafee-update--shutting-down-xp-machines/That update seems to have knocked out THEIR OWN SERVERS!

Did they not test it...?]]>Apr 21st 2010 9:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/21/mcafee-update--shutting-down-xp-machines/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/21/mcafee-update--shutting-down-xp-machines/
When you think about it, the Internet is just one big huge virus!]]>Apr 21st 2010 11:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/21/mcafee-update--shutting-down-xp-machines/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/21/mcafee-update--shutting-down-xp-machines/
1. This only affects McAfee Corporate Edition. Home Users are unaffected (though they are still punished for being McAfee customers to begin with).

2. In the corporate world, AVG and Avast just won't fly. It's the sad truth, but the truth. It's pretty much either McAfee or Symantec (Norton). If you work in a corporate IT department and try to suggest they switch to AVG, Avast or Kapersky (or switch to Macs) you will get fired.

3. The sadder truth to comment #2, is that many of the affected businesses will still continue to use McAfee, though many will likely switch to Symantec CE. None will be switching to AVG, Avast, Kapersky, etc.]]>Apr 22nd 2010 10:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/21/mcafee-update--shutting-down-xp-machines/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/21/mcafee-update--shutting-down-xp-machines/Apr 22nd 2010 12:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/21/mcafee-update--shutting-down-xp-machines/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/21/mcafee-update--shutting-down-xp-machines/
So much for going cheap and hiring High School graduates!]]>Apr 22nd 2010 1:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/21/mcafee-update--shutting-down-xp-machines/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/21/mcafee-update--shutting-down-xp-machines/Apr 21st 2010 1:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/21/mcafee-update--shutting-down-xp-machines/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/21/mcafee-update--shutting-down-xp-machines/Nod32 FTW! ]]>Apr 21st 2010 1:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/21/mcafee-update--shutting-down-xp-machines/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/21/mcafee-update--shutting-down-xp-machines/
Perhaps its time to switch to a Mac?

just saying...]]>Apr 21st 2010 1:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/21/mcafee-update--shutting-down-xp-machines/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/21/mcafee-update--shutting-down-xp-machines/Perhaps it's time to switch to a modern AntiVirus.]]>Apr 21st 2010 1:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/21/mcafee-update--shutting-down-xp-machines/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/21/mcafee-update--shutting-down-xp-machines/Apr 21st 2010 1:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/21/mcafee-update--shutting-down-xp-machines/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/21/mcafee-update--shutting-down-xp-machines/
Hater! ]]>Apr 21st 2010 1:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/21/mcafee-update--shutting-down-xp-machines/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/21/mcafee-update--shutting-down-xp-machines/
Just another reason to stick with Security Essentials.... I hated McAfee too, Firewall never worked right. Always screwed up eBay.]]>Apr 21st 2010 2:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/21/mcafee-update--shutting-down-xp-machines/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/21/mcafee-update--shutting-down-xp-machines/
agreed 100%, anytime i see a friends computer with Mcafee on it i cringe, and immediately remove it and install AVG or Avast]]>Apr 21st 2010 2:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/21/mcafee-update--shutting-down-xp-machines/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/21/mcafee-update--shutting-down-xp-machines/Apr 21st 2010 2:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/21/mcafee-update--shutting-down-xp-machines/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/21/mcafee-update--shutting-down-xp-machines/Apr 21st 2010 2:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/21/mcafee-update--shutting-down-xp-machines/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/21/mcafee-update--shutting-down-xp-machines/Apr 21st 2010 3:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/21/mcafee-update--shutting-down-xp-machines/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/21/mcafee-update--shutting-down-xp-machines/Apr 21st 2010 3:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/21/mcafee-update--shutting-down-xp-machines/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/21/mcafee-update--shutting-down-xp-machines/My bad. http://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Security_Essentials]]>Apr 21st 2010 3:58PM