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Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2008 8:57 AM
Subject: [acb-l] Important AVG update problem
> Hello all,
>
> I am cross-posting this due to the important nature of the material. The
> link that I have pasted will take you to the WGN radio website where you
> can
> get the article. Also, the text of the article from C-NET is pasted below
> my signature.
>
> If you don't run AVG as your antivirus package, please pass this to
> someone
> who does as you could save them a lot of aggravation. If you run AVG and
> it
> updates automatically, either get the update or have a friend get it for
> you. Follow the advice of the article. For those who can listen to
> radio,
> there will be more discussion about this on Website Wednesday Night on WGN
> Radio tonight at 11:00 central after the news update.
>
> The link is as follows:
>
http://wgnradio.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=46440&Itemid=2
> 49
>
> I hope this saves someone a major headache.
>
> Karyn campbell, [log in to unmask]
> ----start of C-Net article
> November 11, 2008 11:24 AM PST
> AVG update cripples some Windows XP systems
> Posted by Robert Vamosi On Tuesday an update for AVG 8 suggested that
> a
> Windows system file is a Trojan horse, and users who delete the file form
> the
> system could leave their Windows XP systems endlessly rebooting or unable
> to
>
> reboot at all. The problem only affects users of AVG 8 products running
> the
> Dutch, French, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish language versions of
> Windows
> XP.
> AVG immediately sent out a corrected update to its customers, including
> those
> using the free editions of AVG.
> A representative for AVG said, "AVG is actively working to remedy the
> problem
> some users are experiencing related to the most recent update to
> commercial
> and
> free versions of AVG 7.5 and AVG 8.0 in some languages. A number of users
> who
> installed the update mistakenly received a warning that the Windows system
> file
> user32.dll product version 5.1.2600.3099 was infected with a Trojan virus
> and
> were prompted to delete a file essential to the operation of Windows XP."
> In response, the Czech antivirus company has posted details and a fix tool
> on
> its site.
> For users unable to use their Windows XP machines, AVG says they "should
> contact
> their AVG reseller or ask a friend to download the information and fix
> tool
> for
> them."
> AVG has suffered some embarrassing glitches of late. Last month, an AVG
> update
> declared some ZoneAlarm firewall files to be part of a Trojan horse. In
> July
> AVG
> had to reconfigure its Linkscanner tool after various Web sites complained
> about the increased traffic as a result of the
> tool's proactive scanning for malware.
> Internal Virus Database is out of date.
> Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com
> Version: 8.0.169 / Virus Database: 270.7.5/1708 - Release Date: 10/4/2008
> 11:35 AM
>
>
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