26/3/2007

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The lamest patch ever?

Filed under: — Mikolaj at analog clock showing 2:15

Now, what is it that antivirus programs are supposed to do? Scan for viruses…. Scan for viruses, you say? Read the following and reconsider that:

10. ISSUE:
File operations invoked on IBM’s ClearCase file
system (MVFS) might cause our AV filter driver
to leak memory. Our driver can see folder OPEN
requests but never the CLOSE requests.

RESOLUTION:
The AV filter driver has been updated to exclude
file operations of IBM’s MVFS file system from
scanning operations.

Due to an apparent problem scanning files, our driver was updated not to scan them?!!

Hello? HELLO? I’m wondering if you guys at McAfee are actually reading what you write.

Here’s a link to that embarassing confession: VirusScan Enterprise 8.0i Patch 15 Readme

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