McAfee suggested the following workaround. This McAfee update severed internet access for many computers. Our recommendation at the time was to get rid of it and use something else. Symantec did release a fix for the problem – nearly a DAY later.Ī couple of years ago, BitDefender released a faulty update that caused it to falsely identify core Windows files as malicious. departments scrambling to perform the workaround on many (if not all) of their staff workstations. McAfee is a large company with millions of users, but it is NOT the first to release a defective update that causes system to lose internet access, or detect critical system files as malicious.Įarlier this year, Symantec’s Endpoint protection experienced that very issue, where it caused Windows to no longer boot up, resulting in many frustrated I.T. A fix for that update has since been released, but the experience has left a bad taste in the mouths of customers. On August 17th, McAfee released an update to it’s antivirus products that caused many computer to lose access to the internet.
