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BitDefender update cripples 64-bit versions of Windows
« on: March 21, 2010, 02:34:25 PM »
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A devastating update by BitDefender was released on Saturday for their anti-virus engine that has caused crippling problems for users of x64, or 64-bit, versions of Windows. This update has caused BitDefender to flag Windows system files and BitDefender files as the Trojan.Fakealert.5 infection. Depending on a users action settings for when a virus is found, this has led to numerous Windows system files being added to the BitDefender quarantine. When this happens, these computers are not be able to boot into Windows.

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Re: BitDefender update cripples 64-bit versions of Windows
« Reply #1 on: March 21, 2010, 02:51:11 PM »
Funny you mention this I was on Yahoo answers yesterday and a post came over with the BitDefender Trojan complaint, thinking it was just another trojan had the user run a Malwarebytes scan to check. In less than an hour about 10 to 15 more posts came with the same trojan complaint.. All 64-Bit and BitDefender Anti Virus..... Good thing it was confined to only 64 Bit systems..





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