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(Message started by: Mark C on May 21st, 2007, 4:17pm)
Title: Symantec strikes China
Post by Mark C on May 21st, 2007, 4:17pm
Millions of Chinese Hit by Symantec Foul-Up  

Symantec virus signature disabled critical system files in Chinese PCs, crippling Windows XP for millions of users.   (http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,132050-c,antivirus/article.html)

Big fat Chinese Blunder
Title: Re: Symantec strikes China
Post by Opus on May 21st, 2007, 8:46pm
One more reason to use Red Flag Linux.


Paul
Title: Re: Symantec strikes China
Post by Ray on May 21st, 2007, 8:56pm
I guess that would rate a major "oops!"

Ray
Title: Re: Symantec strikes China
Post by Jonny on May 21st, 2007, 9:02pm

on 05/21/07 at 20:46:59, Opus wrote:
One more reason to use Red Flag Linux.


Just as long as you aint giving installation instructions!

It took my computer guy three hours to get that bullshit OS off my computer and I lost every fuckin file that I had, thanks to you and your BS OS!

Plug that shit where folks will believe it!
Title: Re: Symantec strikes China
Post by Mark C on May 21st, 2007, 9:07pm

on 05/21/07 at 20:46:59, Opus wrote:
One more reason to use Red Flag Linux.


Paul


Interesting........China bans Win2k, developing Red Flag Linux instead (http://www.theregister.co.uk/2000/01/06/china_bans_win2k_developing_red/)

This was from 2000......looks like MS got in anyway.. ::)

Oh well...
Mark
Title: Re: Symantec strikes China
Post by Kirk on May 22nd, 2007, 2:43am
Its not a bug. Its a feature!

[smiley=smokin.gif]
Title: Re: Symantec strikes China
Post by UN solved on May 22nd, 2007, 11:37am
LMAO ... I think it's funny !  [smiley=laugh.gif]

I can hear them bitching now ... "hiyah moey may jo johlet fee hmm da da see nah"  or something like that !! hahaha

UNsolved <--- I almost forgot about the BSOD , haven't seen one in years !
Title: Re: Symantec strikes China
Post by fubar on May 22nd, 2007, 12:54pm
AWESOME!!!!

What this means is America now has a strategic first-strike capability.  We now have the ability to send out country-specific targeted updates that can cripple millions of systems.  ALL HAIL ANTI-VIRUS!!!  Symantec is more powerful than Halliburton now.  Dick Cheney eat your heart out.  (oops, he already did that didn't he?)

After the chi-coms, we should hit the jihadists with a special update.  Doesn't Microsoft sell an Arabic version?  Hmmmm.

-Fu
Title: Re: Symantec strikes China
Post by Mark C on May 22nd, 2007, 4:04pm

on 05/22/07 at 12:54:01, fubar wrote:
AWESOME!!!!

What this means is America now has a strategic first-strike capability.  We now have the ability to send out country-specific targeted updates that can cripple millions of systems.  ALL HAIL ANTI-VIRUS!!!  Symantec is more powerful than Halliburton now.  Dick Cheney eat your heart out.  (oops, he already did that didn't he?)

After the chi-coms, we should hit the jihadists with a special update.  Doesn't Microsoft sell an Arabic version?  Hmmmm.

-Fu



Very astute observation FU.....in my "research" on this article I did come across several issues with both XP and Vista relating to the specific langauge pack used for the respective OS, in one case even lowly Notepad would not load (http://blogs.technet.com/markrussinovich/archive/2006/10/01/The-Case-of-the-Notepad-that-Wouldn_2700_t-Run.aspx) due to a langauge pack issue.....interesting.....thanks to MS we may have better Homeland security than we thought......hmmm....(scratching chin).... ;;D


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